SSVOBB
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SSVOBB is the acronym for Stichting Studenten Vliegtuigontwikkeling, -bouw en -beheer which is Dutch
for Foundation for Students in Airplane development, manufacturing and management.
at Delft University of Technology
in Delft
, Netherlands
dedicated to building aircraft with historic or scientific value. Main objective is to apply the knowledge acquired as an engineer to real aircraft. Thus improving the graduates with knowledge of the actual work on aircraft instead of the theoretical ideal situation. The organisation was founded on January 19, 1991 when the students organised the building of their first aircraft the Lambach HL II.
had a steel tube, cloth-covered fuselage, and wooden wings and tail, and was powered by a Gipsy Major Mk. 1. After test flights she was successful at several air shows were she proved to be a unique aerobatics aircraft, however not quite the quality of the German aircraft. The aircraft was destroyed during a German bombing raid on the Ypenburg airfield near The Hague on May 10, 1940.
Vliegtuigfabrieken. With the commissioning of the Lambach HL II he started his own aircraft factory, Lambach Vliegtuigfabrieken, which ultimately only produced one aircraft. After the war he worked with Fokker for several years and had his own engineering company. Hugo Lambach died July 8, 1972.
The maintenance work is almost finished and the aircraft will hopefully get her certificate of airworthiness coming summer, after undergoing a heavy D-inspection.
, registration PH-VXM (velocity times mass)) is completely designed by the foundation's students. The design started in 1994, currently the design is reaching final phases and 25% of the production works have been completed. The Impuls is expected to fly around 2013.
Dutch language
Dutch is a West Germanic language and the native language of the majority of the population of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname, the three member states of the Dutch Language Union. Most speakers live in the European Union, where it is a first language for about 23 million and a second...
for Foundation for Students in Airplane development, manufacturing and management.
The Foundation
The SSVOBB is a non-profit-foundation of students in Aerospace EngineeringFaculty of Aerospace Engineering, Delft University of Technology
The Faculty of Aerospace Engineering at the Delft University of Technology in The Netherlands is the merger of two interrelated disciplines, aeronautical engineering and astronautical engineering. Aeronautical engineering works specifically with aircraft or aeronautics. Astronautical engineering...
at Delft University of Technology
Delft University of Technology
Delft University of Technology , also known as TU Delft, is the largest and oldest Dutch public technical university, located in Delft, Netherlands...
in Delft
Delft
Delft is a city and municipality in the province of South Holland , the Netherlands. It is located between Rotterdam and The Hague....
, Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
dedicated to building aircraft with historic or scientific value. Main objective is to apply the knowledge acquired as an engineer to real aircraft. Thus improving the graduates with knowledge of the actual work on aircraft instead of the theoretical ideal situation. The organisation was founded on January 19, 1991 when the students organised the building of their first aircraft the Lambach HL II.
The original
The original Lambach HL was commissioned by Dutch aviation enthusiasts to try to beat the far more superior German aerobatics pilots and aircraft in aerobatics contests. She was completely designed and build within six months by the Dutch engineer Hugo Lambach. The biplaneBiplane
A biplane is a fixed-wing aircraft with two superimposed main wings. The Wright brothers' Wright Flyer used a biplane design, as did most aircraft in the early years of aviation. While a biplane wing structure has a structural advantage, it produces more drag than a similar monoplane wing...
had a steel tube, cloth-covered fuselage, and wooden wings and tail, and was powered by a Gipsy Major Mk. 1. After test flights she was successful at several air shows were she proved to be a unique aerobatics aircraft, however not quite the quality of the German aircraft. The aircraft was destroyed during a German bombing raid on the Ypenburg airfield near The Hague on May 10, 1940.
Hugo Lambach
Hugo Lambach was a Delft graduate in applied physics. During his study he already designed and built his first aircraft, the Lambach HL I. After graduation he worked with KoolhovenKoolhoven
N.V. Koolhoven was an aircraft manufacturer based in Rotterdam in the Netherlands. From its conception in 1926 to is destruction in the Blitzkrieg in May 1940, the company remained the Netherlands' second major aircraft manufacturer...
Vliegtuigfabrieken. With the commissioning of the Lambach HL II he started his own aircraft factory, Lambach Vliegtuigfabrieken, which ultimately only produced one aircraft. After the war he worked with Fokker for several years and had his own engineering company. Hugo Lambach died July 8, 1972.
Replica
The replica started out as a student's joke in 1989 to organise a stunt in honour of the 45th anniversary of the Society of Aerospace Students 'Leonardo Da Vinci. Thanks to a complete set of drawings found in the Aviodrome museum and the help of Hugo Lambach's main engineer Willem de Koo, the students managed to complete the aircraft in six years. Her first flight took place on September 18, 1995. The aircraft was demonstrated at several air shows in the Netherlands and Belgium during 1996. In 1997 inspection showed the need for heavy maintenance which has grounded her since.The maintenance work is almost finished and the aircraft will hopefully get her certificate of airworthiness coming summer, after undergoing a heavy D-inspection.
The Impuls
The Impuls (Dutch for momentumMomentum
In classical mechanics, linear momentum or translational momentum is the product of the mass and velocity of an object...
, registration PH-VXM (velocity times mass)) is completely designed by the foundation's students. The design started in 1994, currently the design is reaching final phases and 25% of the production works have been completed. The Impuls is expected to fly around 2013.