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Hans von Ohain, an Uncommon card
Hans Joachim Pabst von Ohain was a German-American physicist, engineer, and the designer of the first aircraft to use a turbojet engine.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 72
- DEF
- 72
- Power
- 144
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 29,000
Power 144 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Hans von Ohain quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Hans von Ohain card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Together with Frank Whittle and Anselm Franz, he has been described as the co-inventor of the ______ engine.
Answer
turbojet. Together with Frank Whittle and Anselm Franz, he has been described as the co-inventor of the turbojet engine. From the Hans von Ohain article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Additionally, prior to building his engine and filing his own patent in ____, von Ohain had read and critiqued Whittle's patents.
Answer
1930s. Additionally, prior to building his engine and filing his own patent in 1935, von Ohain had read and critiqued Whittle's patents. From the Hans von Ohain article on Wikipedia.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Together with Frank Whittle and Anselm Franz, he has been described as the co-inventor of the turbojet engine.
- Additionally, prior to building his engine and filing his own patent in 1935, von Ohain had read and critiqued Whittle's patents.
- Von Ohain stated in his biography that "My interest in jet propulsion began in the fall of 1933 when I was in my seventh semester at Göttingen University.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Hans von Ohain article was read about 29,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 72 and blocks with 72: each hit it takes is cut by 29 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Hans von Ohain (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Air Force Research Laboratory Propulsion Directorate, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
