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Ikarus Meteor 1/3

Posted: 15 Oct 2019, 21:40
by Dopieman1
Hello,
I have started the build of the Ikarus Meteor scale 1/3 designed by Jilles Smits.
I will post my progress and pictures, will let you know the things I changed and hopefully you can answer some of my questions.
First of all; what a beautiful kit this is! Drawings are a piece of art, wood is selected on the function it serves and all fits perfectly. My compliments to Jillis for this 3d Puzzle!.
I have started with the fuselage. Put the formers on the building board along a straight line and try fit everything before glueing (first with 10 seconds glue). Be aware; certain pieces only fit when assembled in the right order! And some formers are not mirror symmetric as I found out too late. :o

Re: Ikarus Meteor 1/3

Posted: 18 Oct 2019, 12:32
by Dopieman1
Nice to see more Ikarus build activities!
I promised to report the (little) changes I decided to do.Nothing special because all is very well thought through.
The first change I did was to the canopy frame. I made the top a little less wide such to create a bit more scale appearance.
The second change is the removal of the servo tray on the fuselage floor. I will move the servos for rudder and retract more to the aft. I have not yet decided where but that will be figured out later. Anyway, this change will give a bit more room to the pilot.
One last picture added with the progress sofar.

Re: Ikarus Meteor 1/3

Posted: 23 Oct 2019, 22:33
by Dopieman1
Wednesday is the day for doing some work on the Meteor! I finally ended up at the tail. I did not yet glue the parts together because I want to double check the fit and alignment. I consider to create a template for the tail to secure it is glued in vertical position.
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Re: Ikarus Meteor 1/3

Posted: 25 Oct 2019, 07:33
by SteveArchibald
Looking good

Re: Ikarus Meteor 1/3

Posted: 03 Nov 2019, 13:14
by Dopieman1
Because the Meteor fuselage is narrowing quite significantly I have added some diagonal stiffeners

Re: Ikarus Meteor 1/3

Posted: 03 Nov 2019, 13:35
by Dopieman1
SteveArchibald wrote: 25 Oct 2019, 07:33 Looking good
Thanks! Hope we can team up in building this beautiful baby!😊

Re: Ikarus Meteor 1/3

Posted: 03 Nov 2019, 20:21
by Dopieman1
It was raining whole day so perfect to make some hours in the workshop! Just a couple of pictures to show my progress.
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Re: Ikarus Meteor 1/3

Posted: 03 Nov 2019, 22:41
by Wayne
Looking good, I just love those laser cut kits, I'm going to put one on my Christmas list.

Re: Ikarus Meteor 1/3

Posted: 05 Nov 2019, 19:14
by Dopieman1
I have a question. Maybe the other Meteor builders or Jillis can help. Its about the end rib of the rudder. How can that rib fit into the slots of the leading edge of that rudder?

Re: Ikarus Meteor 1/3

Posted: 06 Nov 2019, 03:32
by Jilles
I am in New Zealand ans cannot access my file. I am sure rib ER8 should have a square hole and round hole in the tail end that I do not see. The square hole should take care of the notches in the spar. The ribs to be split over the square hole so it can be fitted to the spar.

Cheers

Jilles

Re: Ikarus Meteor 1/3

Posted: 06 Nov 2019, 22:40
by Dopieman1
Thanks Jillis and Cliff for your quick reply and support. The rib is not like in the pdf as it is missing the square hole. But no big deal. I did a small modification and cut the rib in two pieces and added a slot. Hope the picture clarifies!
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Re: Ikarus Meteor 1/3

Posted: 16 Nov 2019, 08:05
by Dopieman1
I have received a Fema retract for the Meteor.
Really a nice piece of gear! I will mount it kind of reverse such that the wheel swings up in forward direction just like the real one. Suppose this will not impact on the retraction. There is anyway plenty room for it.

Re: Ikarus Meteor 1/3

Posted: 20 Nov 2019, 22:37
by Dopieman1
Today I prepared the rudders for the covering with 0,4 mm ply. First some balsa filling is to be applied to leading and trailing edge. A bit of a time consuming job.
I decided to apply a tube and wire hinge for the rudder. This to allow for the option to disassemble the rudders when needed.

Re: Ikarus Meteor 1/3

Posted: 21 Nov 2019, 20:15
by BrianF
Hi, I'm building the one on the other forum, very happy to answer Meteor queries here. There are a few things that will make you stop and scratch your head, but there will be one or more solutions out there to get you going again. Apart from the sheeting on one wing the structure on my build is complete.

Re: Ikarus Meteor 1/3

Posted: 23 Nov 2019, 07:59
by Dopieman1
BrianF wrote: 21 Nov 2019, 20:15 Hi, I'm building the one on the other forum, very happy to answer Meteor queries here. There are a few things that will make you stop and scratch your head, but there will be one or more solutions out there to get you going again. Apart from the sheeting on one wing the structure on my build is complete.
Hi Brian,
I am following you on the rcgroups forum and read all your good advices with great interest. This has a big value for the building of the Meteor! See my post #182, that is me!

Re: Ikarus Meteor 1/3

Posted: 01 Dec 2019, 18:20
by Dopieman1
Now covering the rudders with 0,4 mm ply. Thats working fine when pressing with some blocks But this method will for sure not work anymore when dealing with bigger curvatures like around the fin post. So I have tried the ironing method. And indeed, it works perfect! After cooling down the pieces are fixed!

Re: Ikarus Meteor 1/3

Posted: 02 Dec 2019, 19:19
by Dopieman1
I had a small issue with the rudder. I wrongly assumed that I could glue the ply surfaces while putting the rudder on its side on a flat building board. Luckily I inspected the rudder after around 30 minutes when the gue was not fully cured. It was clearly visible that I had a twist in the rudder! So tried to over correct it into right shape. This happened to be quite succesfull. I am happy with the endresult.

Re: Ikarus Meteor 1/3

Posted: 06 Dec 2019, 22:29
by BrianF
Glad you got it sorted.
I looked in my build thread, I didn't mention it, did show it clamped together off a bench, as I had noted what you discovered.
Feel free to PM me if you get stuck, you may find some head scratching moments are coming up.

Re: Ikarus Meteor 1/3

Posted: 12 Dec 2019, 16:20
by Dopieman1
I have now started with the 0,4 mm ply panels on the tail section. I do not have experience with it but with some patience it works quite fine. It requires some own initiative to get extra support for the ply panels. I have added soft balsa in variuos places and created a support rib for the stabiliser shoulders.

Re: Ikarus Meteor 1/3

Posted: 14 Dec 2019, 21:38
by Dopieman1
In previous post you can see that I already glued the pipes for the stabilisers into the fuselage. Afterwards I realised that this could create a possible misalignment with the pipes in the stabiliser. Better to glue everything together! But after testfitting the stabiliser I concluded that the worries were unnecessary. Most likely due to high accuracy of the laser parts :?

Re: Ikarus Meteor 1/3

Posted: 17 Dec 2019, 09:46
by Dopieman1
I have little experience with ply sheeting using the iron method. But first pieces, with rather strong curveture went quite ok. But still I would prefer covering with balsa. Looking forward to balsa sheeting of the fuselage with lots of double curvatures! :D

Re: Ikarus Meteor 1/3

Posted: 25 Dec 2019, 09:03
by Dopieman1
I want to build the wings in parallel with the fuselage. Started with a big building board!

Re: Ikarus Meteor 1/3

Posted: 01 Jan 2020, 16:25
by Dopieman1
All of you a happy and healthy new year!!
I have glued the first panels of the new year.

Re: Ikarus Meteor 1/3

Posted: 05 Jan 2020, 10:40
by SteveArchibald
Wow she is coming along beautifully.

Apologies for being off the radar its been a terribly busy end to the year. A new year is here now and my resolution is to finish up this build and get started on the Horten from Jilles.

Anyway I am almost up to where you are and then we can build together , two heads are better than one :)

Happy New Year

Steve

Re: Ikarus Meteor 1/3

Posted: 12 Jan 2020, 16:29
by Dopieman1
Hello Steve,
I know these busy times. Frustrating when you can’t spent the time to your project. Anyway, I had a rather productive day. Now started with planking of the fuselage. I love that work! :D

Re: Ikarus Meteor 1/3

Posted: 19 Jan 2020, 16:32
by Dopieman1
A bit of progress today with the wing. I have aligned the wingjoiner pipe with the root rib on the fuse. In this way I hope to avoid nasty gaps between wing and fuse.
Then started with cutting the spruce sticks for the nose and main spars. I use 2 pieces 6x6 mm for main spar and 10x2 mm for the nose. Here I deviate from the plan because that is advising ply. For cutting the joint I use a proxxon sanding machine. It has a guidance support what can be set to a specific angle. Works like a charm!!
The construction of the wing requires to put all pieces together and only than you can glue it. Its a bit tricky to get it all together but it will save you from errors. Use CA for glueing it all together.

Re: Ikarus Meteor 1/3

Posted: 23 Jan 2020, 20:36
by SedB
I'm curious on how joint between fuselage and wings is going to be covered (doesn't look easy to me) ;)
Looks lovely so far!!

Daniel

Re: Ikarus Meteor 1/3

Posted: 24 Jan 2020, 22:09
by Dopieman1
SedB wrote: 23 Jan 2020, 20:36 I'm curious on how joint between fuselage and wings is going to be covered (doesn't look easy to me) ;)
Looks lovely so far!!

Daniel
Hi Daniel,
Not sure what you mean but on one of the pictures in my previuos post you can see that the wing root fillets on the fuselage are covered with ply. The fuselage on that location has strong curvatures in all directions. That section will be covered with 3 mm balsa. because of the curvature I will sheet it with strips of around 8 mm wide. Its a bit of a puzzle but nice work. I will post more pictures when I come to that part!

Re: Ikarus Meteor 1/3

Posted: 26 Jan 2020, 15:12
by Dopieman1
Did today some sheeting of the fuse near the cockpit and wing root. Strong curvatures require some fitting!

Re: Ikarus Meteor 1/3

Posted: 27 Jan 2020, 01:49
by SteveArchibald
Wow you are miles in front of me now.

The kids are almost back at school and will give me time to get cracking.

She is looking lovely I must say,

Re: Ikarus Meteor 1/3

Posted: 02 Feb 2020, 19:00
by Dopieman1
Not so much to report. Very bad weather and steady progress.

Re: Ikarus Meteor 1/3

Posted: 15 Feb 2020, 19:00
by Dopieman1
In the mean time I did some work on the wing. I glued all the ribs in place. That requires quite some fitting and alignment before everything is in right position. Then just some drops CA will do the trick.

Re: Ikarus Meteor 1/3

Posted: 16 Feb 2020, 08:12
by Dopieman1
And almost forgot to report; I changed the leading edge support from 1,5 ply to 2 x 10 mm spruce. Required only a little bit of reaming.

Re: Ikarus Meteor 1/3

Posted: 16 Feb 2020, 21:07
by Dopieman1
Lessons learned from Bananaman (see rcgroups) ; there is risk of bending at the tip of the wing. For that reason I have added extra supports to every rib. The balsa supports on the leading edge measure 24 mm. These supports will hold the weights on the wing when it is sheeted.

Re: Ikarus Meteor 1/3

Posted: 18 Feb 2020, 10:36
by Dopieman1
The main spar is getting into shape. I like this design. Its like a tree, strong at the base and getting slimmer to the top..

Re: Ikarus Meteor 1/3

Posted: 20 Feb 2020, 14:52
by Dopieman1
I have now finished the sheeting of the top side of the fuse. Next is to cut the supports such that I can turn it around for the bottom half. But before closing the bottom side I need to install the retract for the skate and servo's for the rudder and main gear. Most is well prepared already but I decided to move the rudder servo aft of the pilot. That will ask for some clever solution... :?

Re: Ikarus Meteor 1/3

Posted: 26 Feb 2020, 07:31
by Dopieman1
Some progress on the wing. All top stringers are in place. The balsa fill-in for the leading edge is also done. Ready to do some sheeting!

Re: Ikarus Meteor 1/3

Posted: 27 Feb 2020, 08:51
by Dopieman1
Switching between wing and fuse all the time..I have cut the fuse supports and now I can start the work on the bottom side.
First the bottom side of the wing shoulders. To support the ply sheet, some extra balsa is added.

Re: Ikarus Meteor 1/3

Posted: 27 Feb 2020, 09:02
by Dopieman1
I have a question; I noticed that the ply sheets suffer from some bubbling due to swelling. (not sure I use the correct wording.. :? ) This is caused by the high humidity in my hobby shed as I am not heating it all the time. When I heat the surface the ply flattens again. Now I might not need to worry so much as all the ply surfaces will get covered with epoxy resin, but the inside will not. So I suppose that humid conditions will continue to cause some problems. Therefore my question; do you have similar experience and any advice to avoid this problem?

Re: Ikarus Meteor 1/3

Posted: 05 Mar 2020, 21:16
by Dopieman1
I have started the sheeting of the first wing panel. I take it piece by piece. This to get some control and to not run out of clamps.

Re: Ikarus Meteor 1/3

Posted: 13 Mar 2020, 19:02
by Dopieman1
Some more activities on the wing. I have sanded the support blocks in the nose section. That went rather easy as I used soft balsa. Just sand until the black has disappeared from the the ribs.

Re: Ikarus Meteor 1/3

Posted: 13 Mar 2020, 19:06
by Dopieman1
Then the sheeting of the nose section. I bought a rather hard quality 2mm balsa so the bending will take quite some force. Too overcome that problem I wetted the top surface a bit. The sheet will start to curve by itself and can be glued with almost no force applied.

Re: Ikarus Meteor 1/3

Posted: 23 Apr 2020, 21:59
by Dopieman1
For your information, I have put the Meteor build into a temporary slow down. Summer is coming so time to go out flying! And in addition a small intermediate project... :D

Re: Ikarus Meteor 1/3

Posted: 23 Apr 2020, 22:20
by Cliff Evans
FLYING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Re: Ikarus Meteor 1/3

Posted: 13 Aug 2020, 21:22
by SteveArchibald
Hi again,

Its been a while since I checked in due to such a crazy year. I am moving soon and once re-located I will have a large shed and workshop I can really get building.

Your Ikarus is looking fantastic and hopefully mine will meet the cut as well.

Have a great day
Steve

Re: Ikarus Meteor 1/3

Posted: 27 Aug 2020, 20:22
by Dopieman1
Hello Steve,
Thanks for your compliments!
Actually already looking forward to continue the construction of my Meteor as the flying season seems to be over!

Re: Ikarus Meteor 1/3

Posted: 31 Aug 2020, 10:13
by BrianF
We seem to be the three individuals building it at the moment. I was making great headway, but many things have occurred recently, work got very complex, my career has ended courtesy of Covid and I am having major surgery in a week that will slow me down more and keep me from some workshop activities. Hope to get back to it ASAP.

The Meteor assembled near the front.

Re: Ikarus Meteor 1/3

Posted: 05 Sep 2020, 08:27
by Dopieman1
Wish you all the best Brian!!

Re: Ikarus Meteor 1/3

Posted: 13 Jan 2021, 09:59
by Cliff Evans
Some pictures taken from the VGC Facebook page of the Icarus Meteor that may be of interest

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Re: Ikarus Meteor 1/3

Posted: 13 Jan 2021, 17:41
by Cliff Evans
And a short video of the full size.


Re: Ikarus Meteor 1/3

Posted: 15 Jan 2021, 15:35
by Dopieman1
Thanks for posting these pictures! They are beautiful! Especially the ones from YU-4103 are really special. Anyone who knows what happened to this plane - as it seem to be in storage of the Aeronautical Museum in Belgrade?
There is still no progress on my Meteor. I decided to first finish a Caudron C460 1/3 what I started some 10 years ago. But that job is almost finished and then back to the lovely Meteor!

Re: Ikarus Meteor 1/3

Posted: 03 Oct 2021, 21:25
by Dopieman1
I have started the build of the Ikarus Meteor again. Weather was terrible so no excuses anymore! There is some work left in planking the left wing and even a repair is needed as the cat was a bit too heavy for a 2 mm balsa skin..
Jilles has provided me with a new design for the flap and aileron ribs. I did not want to follow the original design which showed full balsa construction. Now I can extend the balsa skin of the wing and build the flaps and ailerons in"situ". I will post pictures!
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Re: Ikarus Meteor 1/3

Posted: 25 Oct 2021, 22:19
by Dopieman1
Today I finished the balsa skinning of the top side of the wing. I have extended the balsa skin until the trailing edge such to accommodate for build up flaps and aileron.
Time to cut the wing in two pieces and remove it from the board!! A milestone achieved! ;)
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Re: Ikarus Meteor 1/3

Posted: 25 Oct 2021, 22:28
by Dopieman1
The wingpanels are still quite flexible in torsional direction. So a support is needed to keep the wing straight when skinning the bottom. Constructing the correct wing incidence from the drawing is a bit tricky. There are only a few wing sections on the drawing. The other support points are constructed by creating a graph to check the alignment of the wing incidence over the lenght of the wing. The results seems to be quite plausible. The wing root has an incident of 1,55 degreed and the tip has an incident of 0,7 degrees.
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Re: Ikarus Meteor 1/3

Posted: 30 Oct 2021, 00:03
by Dopieman1
I put the wing in his bed. It almost fits. A bit of weight forced it into shape.
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Re: Ikarus Meteor 1/3

Posted: 07 Nov 2021, 17:24
by Dopieman1
Next is the flaps of the inner wing panel. I got modified rib drawings from Jilles Smit. I decided to cut the ribs by hand. Easy job, only 70 pieces to go! :D

Re: Ikarus Meteor 1/3

Posted: 07 Nov 2021, 19:50
by Dopieman1
A sketch to clarify the modified flap and aileron construction. The flaps will be cut loose from the wing only when the entire wing is covered with glass and sanded. After the removal of the flaps, a balsa nose will be added to the flap. Hope this will result in straight and flush flaps!
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Re: Ikarus Meteor 1/3

Posted: 16 Nov 2021, 22:02
by Dopieman1
Small update; the work on the inner panel is ongoing. Flaps are ready. Balsa hinge points added. Now adding the stringers and main spar. Stil quite a to-do list before the wing can be closed with the lower skin.

Re: Ikarus Meteor 1/3

Posted: 06 Dec 2021, 20:44
by Dopieman1
The mid panel is basically ready for closing with the bottom-skin. All webbings applied, I have increased the webbing plates from 1,5 mm to 3 mm at the critical locations (at the end of the wing joiner tube and 2 webspaces forward. Servo's fitted and wires applied.
But before doing this irreversal step some thoughts:
- should I add wing locking device to hold it to the fuselage? The plan does not provide details. I do have good experience with tape, but this baby is a bit larger.. The wing root area is difficult to access for a wing locking from the cockpit.
- the design shows single web plates except for the highly loaded areas. I like stiff wings so should I apply double webbing?
- I ordered the Schambeck brakes but did not receive them. Shall I wait to check if they fit? The plan is actually prepared for taking these type of brakes.
Any feedback is welcome! I need to decide in the coming days as Christmas holidays are coming.

Re: Ikarus Meteor 1/3

Posted: 06 Dec 2021, 22:06
by Peter Balcombe
Hi, I suggest that you definitely need some form of wing retainer, rather than rely on tape.
I have fitted Multiplex Unilocs to 1/4 scale models, but have found that they can pop out unintentionally with bigger wingspan models.
I’m not sure how easy it may be to fit given where you seem to be with your build, but I have found that the simple thin aluminium plates shown below seem to work well. They provide enough clamping resistance for normal use, but will pull off in the event of a major force.

Aluminium tab
Aluminium tab
Fixing plate/bolt
Fixing plate/bolt

These pics are from a 1/3 scale Olympia where the tab was fitted to the wing root rib & access to the fuselage fixing was easy.
I’m currently using a similar arrangement on a 1/3 scale Jaskolka, where a bolting plate has been installed inside the fuselage wing root stub & the clamping bolt will be inserted from underneath.
Another alternative is to have a plate in the wing & the tab protruding from the fuselage, inserting the bolt from under the wing root.

Jaskolka fuselage plate
Jaskolka fuselage plate

I would wait to try your brakes when they arrive as I am a firm believer that ‘if something can go wrong, then it will happen sometime” ;)

Another possible method is a a strong elastic band or spring going through the fuselage, connecting together hooks on each wing root.

Hope the above helps.

Re: Ikarus Meteor 1/3

Posted: 07 Dec 2021, 12:29
by MartinE
Hi Peter, I like that wing fixing idea. Getting access to tighten it is the key.

Re: Ikarus Meteor 1/3

Posted: 08 Dec 2021, 18:54
by VinceC
Here are a few unpublished photos of the Meteor from the event at Örebro 1950

Re: Ikarus Meteor 1/3

Posted: 08 Dec 2021, 22:22
by Jilles
when did they bent (gull) the wings, I only know the meteor with straight wings

Re: Ikarus Meteor 1/3

Posted: 09 Dec 2021, 06:02
by Dopieman1
Hi, this is not the Ikarus Meteor but the Cijan Obad Orao. Same designers as the later Meteor and quite similar fuselage. By the way, what a beautiful plane this is!!
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Re: Ikarus Meteor 1/3

Posted: 09 Dec 2021, 06:07
by Dopieman1
Peter Balcombe wrote: 06 Dec 2021, 22:06 Hi, I suggest that you definitely need some form of wing retainer, rather than rely on tape.
I have fitted Multiplex Unilocs to 1/4 scale models, but have found that they can pop out unintentionally with bigger wingspan models.
I’m not sure how easy it may be to fit given where you seem to be with your build, but I have found that the simple thin aluminium plates shown below seem to work well. They provide enough clamping resistance for normal use, but will pull off in the event of a major force.


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These pics are from a 1/3 scale Olympia where the tab was fitted to the wing root rib & access to the fuselage fixing was easy.
I’m currently using a similar arrangement on a 1/3 scale Jaskolka, where a bolting plate has been installed inside the fuselage wing root stub & the clamping bolt will be inserted from underneath.
Another alternative is to have a plate in the wing & the tab protruding from the fuselage, inserting the bolt from under the wing root.


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I would wait to try your brakes when they arrive as I am a firm believer that ‘if something can go wrong, then it will happen sometime” ;)

Another possible method is a a strong elastic band or spring going through the fuselage, connecting together hooks on each wing root.

Hope the above helps.
Hello Peter,
Many thanks for your good suggestions for wing fixing. It gave me some good ideas! Not yet decided but I consider to copy the method where a metal plate is protruding into the fuselage where it gets locked with a bolt. I can still access that location. Pictures will come when its done.
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Re: Ikarus Meteor 1/3

Posted: 09 Dec 2021, 08:32
by Cliff Evans
There is a plan for the Cijan Obad Orao at 1/4 scale drawn by Jim Owen in the plans section.

Re: Ikarus Meteor 1/3

Posted: 09 Dec 2021, 11:41
by Dopieman1
Cliff Evans wrote: 09 Dec 2021, 08:32 There is a plan for the Cijan Obad Orao at 1/4 scale drawn by Jim Owen in the plans section.
Cliff, I wait for a 1/3 CNC kit of this beauty! 8-)

Re: Ikarus Meteor 1/3

Posted: 09 Dec 2021, 13:46
by Peter Balcombe
If you do use the suggested tongue & clamp wing retention method, you my be interested in the tip Jilles gave me about providing a “washer” which couldn’t be lost in the grass.
Epoxy a captive nut (with spikes removed) to your retention bolt ;)

wing retaining bolt.pdf
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Re: Ikarus Meteor 1/3

Posted: 11 Dec 2021, 17:04
by Dopieman1
Peter Balcombe wrote: 09 Dec 2021, 13:46 If you do use the suggested tongue & clamp wing retention method, you my be interested in the tip Jilles gave me about providing a “washer” which couldn’t be lost in the grass.
Epoxy a captive nut (with spikes removed) to your retention bolt ;)


wing retaining bolt.pdf
Very good idea! But I would like to keep the hole in the bottom of the wing shroud as small as possible. So maybe glue the captive nut on a bracket under the wing tongue. Wings would be fastened by just turning in the bolt..Or do I miss something?

Re: Ikarus Meteor 1/3

Posted: 11 Dec 2021, 20:24
by Peter Balcombe
Hi,
You need a captive nut or similar as normal on your bracket (which is behind your wing tongue) in order to screw your bolt into & clamp the tongue between bolt head & bracket).
Normally you would put a washer under the bolt head to provide a bigger clamping area onto the tongue.
These (thin) washers often fall off when rigging the model & get lost in the grass.
The modified captive nut screwed onto the bolt is just one way of fixing a “washer” disc to the bolt so that it cannot fall off. Another way is to use a flange headed bolt, or maybe try to epoxy a washer to the underside of the bolt head.

Re: Ikarus Meteor 1/3

Posted: 22 Jan 2022, 20:23
by SteveArchibald
Your Icarus is looking fantastic, like you my build has been stagnant for some time. Now that our move and generally our lives have finally settled I can now get back into building.

You are definitely well ahead of me for the time being. I look forward to more posts.

Steve

Re: Ikarus Meteor 1/3

Posted: 24 Jan 2022, 21:44
by Dopieman1
Hello Steve,
Hope you catch up again soonest! Its a lovely plane to build and brings a lot of satisfaction! Unfortunately I was a bit distracted lately with the build of a f5j plane. But more to come for sure!

Re: Ikarus Meteor 1/3

Posted: 13 Sep 2022, 20:37
by Woody80
Hello together,

I just started to build an Ikarus. What I miss is a CG.

Would be quiet intressting, because I think to build in a FES and try to calculate if its possible.

regards
thomas

Re: Ikarus Meteor 1/3

Posted: 13 Sep 2022, 22:57
by Cliff Evans
106mm from leading edge is recommended, but I would push that back to perhaps 110 to start.


3-VIEW-CONCEPT-IKARUS.pdf
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Re: Ikarus Meteor 1/3

Posted: 16 Sep 2022, 18:09
by patte de loup
Something interesting here:

Pat'

Re: Ikarus Meteor 1/3

Posted: 16 Sep 2022, 19:46
by chris williams
Nice...

Re: Ikarus Meteor 1/3

Posted: 18 Sep 2022, 20:47
by Dopieman1
patte de loup wrote: 16 Sep 2022, 18:09 Something interesting here:

Pat'
Very nice movie! That brings good inspiration to continue the build again! Anyone already flying the Ikarus from Jilles?

Re: Ikarus Meteor 1/3

Posted: 20 Sep 2022, 11:51
by Woody80
I can't find measurements for the ruder. What is recommended how far should the ruder can move to each side?

regards
thomas

Re: Ikarus Meteor 1/3

Posted: 26 Sep 2022, 20:58
by Dopieman1
Woody80 wrote: 20 Sep 2022, 11:51 I can't find measurements for the ruder. What is recommended how far should the ruder can move to each side?

regards
thomas
Hi, I think 30 degrees in both directions would be enough!

Re: Ikarus Meteor 1/3

Posted: 26 Sep 2022, 21:30
by Cliff Evans
Dopieman1 wrote: 26 Sep 2022, 20:58
Woody80 wrote: 20 Sep 2022, 11:51 I can't find measurements for the ruder. What is recommended how far should the ruder can move to each side?

regards
thomas
Hi, I think 30 degrees in both directions would be enough!
More than enough!

Re: Ikarus Meteor 1/3

Posted: 12 Oct 2022, 16:44
by Woody80
Hi,

the span F1 is a kind of double to the F1A. What is the reason for this? Stability can't be the reason. Is the idea to screw the nose to the fuse or what?

regards
thomas

Re: Ikarus Meteor 1/3

Posted: 12 Oct 2022, 17:53
by Peter Balcombe
Thomas,
There is usually both F1 & F1A as a double thickness nose former on Jilles Smit 1/3 scale designs.
This gives more glueing area for the longerons and also usually has holes in it for the screws/bolts which go into the nose cone captive nuts.
I have not looked at the plan, but you may find that the tow release is attached to the front former.
Peter

Re: Ikarus Meteor 1/3

Posted: 13 Oct 2022, 14:05
by Woody80
Cliff Evans wrote: 13 Sep 2022, 22:57 106mm from leading edge is recommended, but I would push that back to perhaps 110 to start.



3-VIEW-CONCEPT-IKARUS.pdf
Has someone a CG without wings?

Before I close the fuse I like to install the span for the FES, but I didn‘t build the wings at the moment

Regards
Thomas

Re: Ikarus Meteor 1/3

Posted: 13 Oct 2022, 15:27
by Barry_Cole
Woody80 wrote: 13 Oct 2022, 14:05
Cliff Evans wrote: 13 Sep 2022, 22:57 106mm from leading edge is recommended, but I would push that back to perhaps 110 to start.



3-VIEW-CONCEPT-IKARUS.pdf
Has someone a CG without wings?

Before I close the fuse I like to install the span for the FES, but I didn‘t build the wings at the moment

Regards
Thomas
It does not matter without the wings, it will not fly well anyway.

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

BC

Re: Ikarus Meteor 1/3

Posted: 09 Nov 2022, 16:44
by Woody80
Woody80 wrote: 13 Sep 2022, 20:37 ...

I think to build in a FES and try to calculate if its possible.
so I put a FES in the nose. It's a bit fiddly, but a 65mm fit in:

Image

Image

Re: Ikarus Meteor 1/3

Posted: 09 Nov 2022, 23:52
by Cliff Evans
Bang goes another scale model!! :cry: :cry: :cry:

Re: Ikarus Meteor 1/3

Posted: 10 Nov 2022, 11:23
by Woody80
for shure not, it`s a nearly invisible system, you only have a 11mm hole in the nose. when towing are no prop attached...

and by the way: the plan and the short kit are not scale, there are at least two points "nonscale"

Re: Ikarus Meteor 1/3

Posted: 12 Nov 2022, 08:37
by Dopieman1
Hi Woody, I saw the picture of mounted nose cone with drive shaft in rc-network. That shows how nicely hidden the propdrive is! I was impressed! Hope you continue your construction on this beauty with same speed! I would love to see it flying!!

Re: Ikarus Meteor 1/3

Posted: 07 Feb 2023, 19:49
by Woody80
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Re: Ikarus Meteor 1/3

Posted: 08 Feb 2023, 03:29
by Jilles
Just let me know what you think is not to scale. I have done now 40+ glider designs and because most are vintage there is not much info avaialble.
For only two desigsn I was able to get original factory drawings.
3view drawings are very helpful but are only as good as how accurate the author of the 3D drawings followed the original details
Photo's on the internet are very useful but can also be confusing. Very often owners and clubs do make modifications to the exterior or the factory
has after market options and/or improvements.
On some occasions I do go off scale for aerodynamic reasons. e.g. if the stab/elevator is small in area compared to the wing area I do increase the stab area by 10-15%.
The aim is to create a scale like flying impression with good handling characteristics

Cheers
Jilles Smits

Re: Ikarus Meteor 1/3

Posted: 08 Feb 2023, 09:51
by Cliff Evans
Makes me laugh when people say that there are parts of the model that are not to scale and then go and put a motor in it! how is that scale (on most gliders)

Re: Ikarus Meteor 1/3

Posted: 08 Feb 2023, 10:09
by VinceC
I have followed the development of all Jilles designs and a lot of behind the scenes research is always carried out, quite often contradicting established 3-view drawings. Any 'errors' can always be corrected by customer feedback. I quite agree with the comment above about the motor and look forward to the completion of the model to check it out for scale compliance, such as colour scheme and registration from a host of photos I have

Re: Ikarus Meteor 1/3

Posted: 08 Feb 2023, 11:25
by Woody80
I like the design of the Ikarus Meteor over all/"in it's entirety" and want have a flying/flyable model of it. I'm not interessted in a scale-modell and I never sayed so.

However, I appreciate it much that Jilles is reading and writing here. I aggree with you Jilles that for good flying models are some "corrections" are necessary compared to the original. In case of the Meteor are some changes which are not necessary but drawn. Three (even at pictures obviously) examples: original - the flaps at the wing are hinched at the top, plan - centre hinched, original - the "wingends" are oval and quiet large/high with "timber rail", plan - round, shorter, without rail, original - elevator is one part , plan - two pieces
Again and please don't get me wrong: thats fine with me and I've done for me some changes.

@vinceC: in case of the motor - like you see it at the three pictures it ready to fly. In case of the colour scheme - I don't want to go scale. The model get the registraion YU-4103, the flag at the ruder and the red "Meteor 57" lettering with the red stripes. Thats it. I know there're many diffrent designs over the years to the one flying original.

and if Cliff is laughing or not isn't important about the model, so keep laughing

Re: Ikarus Meteor 1/3

Posted: 03 Oct 2023, 20:21
by Woody80

Re: Ikarus Meteor 1/3

Posted: 03 Oct 2023, 20:35
by Cliff Evans