Group to collect material on German inventor
Engelbert Zaschka (1895-1955), one of the forgotten
pioneers of out-of-the-box-thinking.
VIDEO: Zaschka and his collapsible car from 1928 - https://youtu.be/0bjcyA-dF7E
Built in 1928 in Berlin (Germany) the
Zaschka was a folding 3-wheeled car. Its inventor was Engelbert Zaschka who amongst other things was one of Germany’s first helicopter pioneers. Zaschka's 3-wheeler was designed so that it could be taken apart within 5 minutes and could be "knocked down" into three main sections and so the vehicle did not require a garage. Each section was built around a tubular frame with a canvas body stretched over the frame and clipped into position. The vehicle had a chain driven rear wheel and was capable of 25 to 30 mpg. Features of the vehicle are said to have been important to Richard Buckminster Fuller and his Dymaxion car in 1933.
