Rudolf Kaiser, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Rudolf Kaiser

German aerospace engineer

Date of Birth: 10-Sep-1922

Place of Birth: Rödental, Bavaria, Germany

Date of Death: 11-Sep-1991

Profession: engineer, aerospace engineer

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Rudolf Kaiser

  • Rudolf Kaiser (10 September 1922 – 11 September 1991) was a designer of gliders who worked for Alexander Schleicher GmbH & Co. The designs of Rudolf Kaiser have proven themselves for over 50 years all over the world.
  • His designs for Schleichers can be recognised by the K in the ASK designation.
  • The designs that he did on his own account have the designation Ka. He was born in Coburg, Germany, and graduated in house construction in 1952.
  • However at the same time he took up gliding.
  • He built a small single seater, the Ka 1 at his home in 1952 to perfect his design skills.
  • (He used it to get his 'Silver C' gliding badge.) His next glider, the two-seat Ka 2, was created for Alexander Schleicher, the sailplane manufacturer in Poppenhausen.
  • Rudolf Kaiser also worked for Egon Scheibe designing the Ka 5 "Zugvogel" which was the best performing production sailplane in the world at the time. To get his Gold C, he again built a sailplane for himself; the Ka 6.
  • It won the OSTIV prize for the best new design in 1958.
  • After Schleicher put it into production, it became the most popular Standard Class sailplane, winning two World Gliding Championships (1960 and 1963).
  • 1368 Ka 6's were built and many are still flying. Kaiser then designed three more classic gliders: Schleicher K7 two-seat trainer (550 built) Schleicher ASK 13 two-seat trainer (645 built) Schleicher K 8.The K 8 was a single seater with similar characteristics to the two-seaters and so it is still a popular glider for early solo pilots who had trained on Kaiser's two seaters.
  • 1212 K 8 were built. Further designs followed: the Schleicher ASK 18 single seater and two motorgliders, the ASK 14 and ASK 16.
  • He then designed two glass fibre gliders the two-seat Schleicher ASK 21 trainer, which first flew in 1978, and the single-seat Schleicher ASK 23 which filled the role of the K 8.
  • The ASK 23 first flew in 1983.
  • When the certification process of the ASK 23 was complete Rudolf Kaiser retired at the age of 61.

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