The Applause AA-21-4 acoustic is an entry level Korean-made guitar with a Spruce top, composite fiber neck and lyrachord back and sides. Ovation also produces other fine guitars such as the Applause models. In 1966 Charles Kaman brought the first Ovation production model to life known as the Balladeer. They found that the rounded back increased the guitar's projective capability and also helped to create a better balance between bass and treble. Kaman's understanding of vibration in helicopters compelled him to apply his wisdom to the construction of guitars, and to create a unique design that no one had seen yet: the rounded-back guitar. Well, in addition to Charles Kaman's groundbreaking work in aeronautics as well as his monumental contributions to the advancement of helicopter engineering, he is also the inventor of the Ovation guitar. But what does all this have to do with guitars you might be asking yourselves?
His brilliant work was well known especially during the Vietnamese and Korean conflicts where Kaman's H-43 Husky flew more rescue missions than all other helicopters combined. Kaman is most renown for his insights concerning the stability and control of helicopters, more specifically his work on the addition of ailerons or flaps that were added to the edges of the rotor blades to improve stability. Kaman took his education, his insight in Aeronautical engineering and with a paltry $2000 and the help of two friends he founded what is now known as the Kaman corporation. He was also awarded honorary doctorates from the Universities of Connecticut, Hartford and Colorado respectively. He earned his bachelors degree and graduated magma cum laude, an honor and truly respectable accomplishment for any man or woman. Kaman came into this world kicking and screaming in the year 1919 in the District of Columbia, Washington, and 18 years later found his way into the school of Aeronautical Engineering at Catholic University. The following is an historical account of a remarkable man by the name of Charles Kaman.
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