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Aero 50 dynamics Sodomka - brotherly kiss in sheet metal

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Created on July 22, 2022

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Paul Krüger

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Aero 50 Dynamik Sodomka (1939) - The fifth of six examples built

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Aero 50 Dynamik Sodomka (1939) - Who would suspect a small two-stroke engine under such a body?

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Aero 50 Dynamik Sodomka (1939) - sweeping fenders and narrow track so that the front wheels remain steerable

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Aero 50 Dynamik Sodomka (1939) - Stylistically similar, but without the kitsch of Figoni & Falaschi

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Aero 50 Dynamik Sodomka (1939) - Comparatively simple, yet breathtakingly beautiful streamlined shape

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Aero 50 Dynamik Sodomka (1939) - The wheel covers can be removed for wheel changes

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Aero 50 Dynamik Sodomka (1939) - One of two surviving examples

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Aero 50 Dynamik Sodomka (1939) - "two-tone paint" also on the radiator grille: vertical on the outside, horizontal stripes on the inside

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Aero 50 Dynamik Sodomka (1939) - The prominent "S" was only worn in this form by the "Dynamik"

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Aero 50 Dynamik Sodomka (1939) - Originally the headlights of the Opel Kapitän sat in the mudguards

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Aero 50 Dynamik Sodomka (1939) - The fin is a typical element of the understanding of aerodynamics in the 1930s

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Aero 50 Dynamik Sodomka (1939) - teardrop-shaped tail with center fin

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Aero 50 Dynamik Sodomka (1939) - The interior as a symbiosis of wood, metal and leather

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Aero 50 Dynamik Sodomka (1939) - Large steering wheel with filigree spring spokes and wooden rim

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Aero 50 Dynamik Sodomka (1939) - Simple and elegant instrument cluster from the Czech company VDO

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Aero 50 Dynamik Sodomka (1939) - With 50 hp it reaches a good 120 km:h

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Aero 50 Dynamik Sodomka (1939) - The craftsmanship of the bodywork is evident in the triple door hinges and the solid wood finish

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Aero 50 Dynamik Sodomka (1939) - With a displacement of two liters, the four-cylinder engine is one of the largest two-stroke engines ever built

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Aero 50 Dynamik Sodomka (1939) - The four-cylinder engine produces 50 hp from a displacement of two liters

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Summary

Actually, there is hardly anything more obvious than wrapping an aircraft designer's car in a streamlined body. But it took almost ten years for aero and dynamics to finally come together. The breathtakingly beautiful result in 1939 made up for the long wait. This article tells the story of two Czechoslovakian companies and how they came together in the Aero 50 Dynamik with Sodomka bodywork.

This article contains the following chapters

Like father not son
Dynamics in the desert sands
A forced end

Estimated reading time: 6min

Preview (beginning of the article)

After the First World War, when the demand for small airplanes was virtually non-existent, the Czechoslovakian aircraft manufacturer Aero, like so many of its fellow sufferers, sought its salvation in automobile construction. But instead of starting from scratch, company owner Dr. Vladimír Kabeš bought the small Prague company Enka in December 1928, which had already developed and built a small car in small numbers, but lacked the resources for large-scale production. Kabeš bought the designer at the same time, so that Enka founder Břetislav Novotný became the head of Aero's new automobile department.

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