Background
GAKKEL’, Yakov was born on May 12, 1874.
Aircraft and motor locomotive designer
GAKKEL’, Yakov was born on May 12, 1874.
1897 graduate Saint St. Petersburg Electr Engineer Institute.
Foreign participating in student revol activities exiled for five years to Siberia. Until 1903 worked at Lena gold-fields directing construction and later operation of one of the first Russian hydroclectr power stations. After returning to Saint St. Petersburg worked on design, construction and operation of Saint St. Petersburg tram system.
Simultaneously taught electr traction course at Electr Engineer Institute. From 1921 professor of this institute From 1936 worked at Leningrad Institute of Railroad Engineer.
1909 designed a biplane (YaMG) which he built at the workshops of the 1st Russian Aeronautical Association (Shchctinin Plant). 1910 designed and built the G-III enclosed biplane with a 35 hp air-cooled engine, known as "bimonoplane”. 1911, as a modification of previous types, built the G-1V one-stanchion biplane with a 100 hp engine.
1911 also designed the G-V first Russian amphibious hydroplane, a two-seater monoplane with two floats and a 50 hp water-cooled engine. His G-VI biplane accomplished the first Russian inter-city flight from Tsarskoye Selo to Krasnoye Selo. 1911, at the first competition of Russian planes, his G-VII biplane proved to be the only plane to conform to all the competition requirements.
Foreign his G-VIII biplane he was awarded a diploma and a gold medal at the 1912 Moscow Aeronautical Exhibition. At the 1912 Saint St. Petersburg competition of military planes he displayed the G-IXthe World’s first cross-braced monoplane-with an 80 hp water-cooled engine. 1920-1921 designed a 600 hp diesel-generator locomotive.
1924 a 1,000 hp motor locomotive was built to his design. At the 1927 All-Union Lqcomotive Competition his designs took 1st and 4th places. 1932-1936 a two-stroke 300 hp welded diesel engine was built to his design.
1934 designed a steam tractor, incorporating vacuumless steam condensation, an original welded boiler and a valve-operated steam-engine developing 600 rpm. River steamers were equipped with such steam-engines.
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