Rohrbach Metall-Flugzeugbau GmbH Adolf Rohrbach's Metal Aeroplanes
Catalogue record
- Author
- Charles E. MacKay
- Subject
- Industrial History
- Published
- 21 June 2021
- Publisher
- Charles E. MacKay Books
- Pages
- 136
- Format
- Paperback
- Size
- A5, 148 by 210 millimetres
- ISBN
- 9781838056728
Cite this book
MacKay, Charles E. (2021). Rohrbach Metall-Flugzeugbau GmbH Adolf Rohrbach's Metal Aeroplanes. ISBN 9781838056728. https://charlesmackaybooks.com/books/adolf-rohrbach
About this book
Adolf Rohrbach and Rohrbach Metall-Flugzeugbau GmbH.
ISBN:9781838056728
Adolf Rohrbach's Metal Aeroplanes - An Aircraft Pioneer And His Designs
This is the history of Adolf Rohrbach and his pioneering all-metal aeroplanes. Newly researched with 136 Pages, over 200 photographs and drawings, many rare and obscure. Full details of every Rohrbach aeroplane and Rohrbach's design team. There are also rare drawings of Rohrbach's projected aeroplanes of 1931-32 which came to nothing. (Not a download or internet article compendium.)
There are descriptions of the founding of Luft Hansa, Deruluft (Deutsch-Russische Luftverkehrs A.G., or Deruluft) and the finances of the Weimar Republic and the growth of German civil aviation directed by Hans von Seeckt. Lipetsk (also known as Lipetskiy, Lipetsky, Shakhm 10, and Lipetsk West) in Russia which became the test centre for the Luftwaffe, the Rohrbach Roland airliner was tested there as a bomber. The book describes the growth of Luft Hansa and Deruluft flying Rohrbach types and all the aircraft which were used by both companies.
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Adolf Hitler used a Rohrbach Roland in his 1932 election campaign which was flown by Hans Baur and this is featured in the book, together with Baur, Hitler and the Rohrbach Roland.
The first part of the book deals with the Rohrbach Company and Adolf Rohrbach, it describes for the first time the patent action by Rohrbach against Claude Dornier which Rohrbach lost.
The second part of the book describes every Rohrbach design: the revolutionary all-metal Zeppelin Staaken, the Rohrbach seaplanes, including the Rodra, RoV Rocco, Beardmore Inflexible and Inverness, Robbe, Roland, Rofix fighter, Romar and the Rostra supported by rare drawings and photographs, The demise of the company was due to the economic collapse of Germany and the Depression and this is explained in the text.
Adolf Rohrbach travelled to America lecturing on "Stressed Skin construction," this had a profound effect on Boeing, Douglas and Northrop, their aircraft types are illustrated.
The principal share-holders the German Reich and the German insurance companies wanted Adolf Rohrbach removed. The company was then liquidated.
Originally forming part of Beardmore Aviation as an appendix but has now been fully restored to a volume in its own right.
A limited run published from 21 June 2021 highly sought after few remain.
Frequently asked questions
Who was Adolf Rohrbach?
Adolf Rohrbach was a German aircraft designer who pioneered stressed-skin all-metal construction at Rohrbach Metall-Flugzeugbau GmbH in the 1920s, influencing later aircraft worldwide.
Which all-metal landplanes and flying boats did Adolf Rohrbach design?
Across 136 A5 pages (ISBN 9781838056728, over 200 photographs and drawings), the book documents every Rohrbach design: the four-engined Zeppelin-Staaken E-4/20 airliner, the Ro II, Ro III, Ro IIIa Rodra, Ro IV Inverness, Ro V Rocco, Ro VII Robbe, the three-engined Ro VIII Roland airliner flown by Luft Hansa and Deruluft, the Beardmore Inflexible bomber, the Ro IX Rofix fighter, the Ro X Romar, and the Ro XI Rostra.
How did Rohrbach's stressed-skin metal construction influence American and British aviation?
Adolf Rohrbach lectured in the United States in the 1920s on stressed-skin metal wing box construction, which the book shows had a profound effect on Boeing, Douglas, and Northrop transport and bomber designs, while his British licence partnership with William Beardmore & Co. at Dalmuir produced the Inverness flying boat and the giant 157-foot-wingspan Beardmore Inflexible.
