Jetex Archive: Plans: Fixed Wing Aircraft


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		Fixed Wing – Jetex 200

Model Aircraft Plans for the Jetex 200

Although the Jetex 200 was one of the first two Jetex motors to be marketed, there are very few surviving model plans exclusively designed for it. Undoubtedly the major reason for its failure to achieve greater popularity was the troublesome manipulation of its five coil springs required to load.

We currently offer two plans for the Jetex 200 motor.

What you'll find here:
	Jetstar
	Sipa 200

Jetstar by Bruce Lester

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- from the Aeromodeller Annual, 1949 (p.60)

The Canadian designer of Jetstar, Bruse Lester notes:

"Avoid thick airfoils if you want to get high performance and still design models of a good relative size. In all 'Jet' planes using the 'reaction' principle for proplusion, the 'drag' factor is one of the greatest performance killers even full-scale designers have to contend with."

Following his own advice, Bruse used a NACA 2409 airfoil for the Jetstar.

Sipa 200 by E. Chelle

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- Le Modèle Réduit d'Avion, Oct. 1953

Sipa 200, a 1/10 scale model of the French jet trainer, is a token of the keen interest in Jetex that prevailed in France. The premier French magazine for scale aircraft modellers Le Modèle Réduit d'Avion published this design for Jetex 200 (alternatively Jetmaster) with augmenter tube bell mouth.

M. Chelle saw the advantage of using the Jetex 200 as "being able to choose between loading one or two pellets, which doubles the length of the powered phase while maintaining the same thrust".

Acknowledgements

Plan and information source:
- Jetstar: Contributed by Bill Henderson

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