Otto Reuter

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Otto Reuter (before 1922)

Otto Reuter (* 10. September 1886 in Wachwitz ; † 12. January 1922 ) was a German mechanical engineering - engineering , which mainly as aircraft -Konstrukteur gained importance.

All-metal aircraft

Reuter joined Junkers & Co. in November 1915 as an engine designer . There, however, he was also instrumental in the development of the first series of Junkers metal airplanes - all intended for military use - which began with the Junkers J 1 and continued through the J 4 (developed together with Fokker ) and J 7 to the J 10 went.

Aircraft engines

In 1917 he received from Hugo Junkers the order from the imaginary and air carriers use two-stroke - diesel - double piston motor Mo 3 with direct fuel injection and ignition greater with gasoline derive operated and equipped with spark ignition engine. The result was the Junkers Fo 2 , now enlarged to six cylinders , which, along with the Mo 3, was the first internal combustion engine with direct fuel injection. The engine was rejected by Idflieg as an aircraft drive, but accepted and used by the Navy as a ship drive. After the war it was also to be used for the large Junkers G1 aircraft, which was also planned in Reuters responsibility , but this no longer happened.

Junkers F 13

A Junkers F 13 over Mercury Airfield in West Hollywood , 1920

After the Junkers-Fokkerwerke AG group was dissolved on December 3, 1918, Reuter worked as chief engineer at Junkers. Immediately after the armistice , he began developing the Junkers F 13 , which in 1919 became the first commercial aircraft built for purely civilian purposes and a great success for Junkers. Reuter then worked on the development of the Junkers J 15 , a small test aircraft that was only built once. The last aircraft he designed was the Junkers K 16 .

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  • Wolfgang Wagner: Hugo Junkers. Aviation pioneer. His planes. (= Die deutsche Luftfahrt , Volume 24.) Bernard & Graefe, Bonn 1996, ISBN 3-7637-6112-8 .
  • The designer Otto Reuter at www.junkers.de , last accessed on June 25, 2019