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With his son Erich, who became chief designer at Tatra, Ledwinka and Erich Übelacker, a German engineer also employed by Tatra, designed the streamlined Tatra models T77, T77a, T87, and T97, which had rear-mounted air-cooled engines.
During 1927–39 he worked at Tatra Works in Kopřivnice in Moravia under the leadership of Hans Ledwinka. Together with Ledwinka's son Erich Ledwinka, Übelacker developed the Tatra type 57 and designed the first Tatra aerodynamic cars with air-cooled rear engines T77, T77a, T87 and T97.
Hans Ledwinka was the chief designer responsible for the development of the new car, while Erich Übelacker was responsible for the body. Development was very secretive until the last moments of the official presentation on March 5, 1934, at Tatra's offices in Prague.
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Feb 16, 2018 · Headed by Ledwinka and featuring the German designer Erich Übelacker and Ledwinka's son Erich, the company's design team developed cars with strikingly aerodynamic bodywork. In June 1945, after Czechoslovakia's liberation from the Nazi occupation, Hans Ledwinka – now the deputy director at the Ringhoffer-Tatra company – was arrested and ...
Apr 1, 2020 · The T87 was primarily the work of three men, Hans Ledwinka, Paul Jaray, and Erich Übelacker. Ledwinka was one of the most important and out-of-the-box automobile engineers of his day, Jaray was a revolutionary designer who penned the shape of airships like the LZ 120 Bodensee (which strongly influenced the LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin and the LZ 129 ...
Jan 8, 2024 · The design of the Tatra 87 was a work of art, crafted by Hans Ledwinka and Erich Übelacker, drawing inspiration from the Tatra 77, their pioneering aerodynamic car. The iconic fin at the rear, resembling a shark's fin, not only added a distinctive touch but also played a crucial role in dividing air pressure and stabilizing the car at higher ...
Ledwinka's son Erich with engineer Erich Übelacker completed the design and production engineering. The T77 features a rear fin, then thought to provide stability at its 100 mph top speed. Ferdinand Porsche was a colleague of Ledwinka's and the Tatra strongly influenced the design of the VW Beetle and Porsche cars.
