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Character Information: Otto Lilienthal
Japanese: オットー・リリエンタール
Seiyuu: Harî Kaneko
Otto Lilienthal is one of the I-jin. With the hand of the Sekai Ijin Gundan (世界偉人軍団) (Worldwide Great Man Cooperation), the German gliding king is revived. With the genius aviator of glider age, he works the glider unrestrictedly, throwing grenades from the sky and attacking.
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Otto Lilienthal (23 May 1848 – 10 August 1896), the German "Glider King", was a pioneer of human aviation. While Lilienthal's lifelong pursuit was flight, he was also an inventor. He invented a small engine that worked on a system of tubular boilers. Nevertheless, Lilienthal's greatest contribution was to the development of heavier-than-air flight. Working in conjunction with his brother, Gustav, he made over 2000 flights in gliders of his design between 1891 and his death five years later. Lilienthal did basic research in precisely describing the flight of birds, especially of storks and used polar-diagrams for describing the aerodynamics of their wings. Lilienthal helped to prove that heavier-than-air flight was practical without flapping wings, laying the groundwork for the Wright brothers a few years later to build the first successful powered airplane. His unpowered glider required body shifting for control, much like modern hang gliders.
Lilienthal suffered a number of crashes in his experiments, but his glider could only reach low speeds and altitudes. On 9 August 1896, a gust of wind fractured his wing and he fell from a height of 17 m (56 ft), breaking his spine. He died the next day, saying, "Opfer müssen gebracht werden!" ("Sacrifices must be made!")
Thank you to Bob Mark for additional information.
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