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Ukkie

by well-known Dutch Wakefield flier C. R. de Vries

Reprinted from Aeromodeller, June 1953, p. 347

Aptly named (it means “infant” or “little one”)
is this midget Jetex 50 model

At the 1952 Swedish Wakefield Trials the Editor’s eye was taken by the nifty flying of a little Jetex 50 model, belonging to top Dutch team member, C. R. de Vries. Negotiations were entered into for the design and in due course a detailed drawing arrived at our offices. This drawing we have “translated” into English by substituting the usual British sizes for the metric ones of the original, and the full-size result will be found [below].

Construction of the fuselage centres around a soft ¹/8 in. sheet of horizontal former. Upon this is erected a keel of ¹/32 in. med. sheet stiffened with triangular formers of the same material. The keel also includes the fin. Turning the crutch over, the ¹/32 in. sides can be added, together with the wing mount stiffeners, top sheeting with intake orifice, and the Jetex clip which should be packed to tilt the motor at the angle shown. Note that the wing mount stiffeners must be slightly angled to accept the dihedralled centre-section of the wing. A ply or mica panel strengthens the crutch and holds the clip firm.

The wing may be constructed flat on the plan, omitting the mainspar until after the dihedral had been inserted, by cracking and cementing the leading and trailing edges.

The tailplane is built flat on the plan — note the toe-in of the tip ribs. Fins are cut from ¹/32 in. sheet, grain vertical.

Cover the whole model with the lightest (Swedish “hard”) tissue available, after a careful going over with fine glasspaper. Steam-shrink gently and apply thinners [sic – dope, surely?] to which has been added a drop or two of castor oil. Pin down on waxed paper and allow a full 24 hours to thoroughly dry.

Cement fins to tailplane and add fillets, and cement an inch-long piece of ³/32 in. sq. to the crutch as a tailplane stop. Add asbestos paper insulation beneath and to the rear of the jet unit, if desired.

Using the empty motor, balance the model at approximately mid-chord and try a hand-glide. Movement of the motor or small bits of plasticine may be be used to achieve a perfect glide. Test under power with half-charges until the thrust line is just right, then always put the motor in the same way up.

	Two ways to get the Ukkie plan:

	Easy, but smaller Print this page. At the bottom, and fitting within the page width, is a dimensioned copy of the plan, set to print at the original size. (Read more about print sizes >>)

	More work for you, but larger Click this link to a separate dimensioned copy, set to print as a full-size plan. (Read more about print sizes >>) If you want to print it in full, you'll need to save it to disk, then open it in a graphics program in order to print it.

“Ukkie”, held by designer de Vries features a nose intake orifice and very simple construction.

This view shows general neat lines.

- Aeromodeller, June 1953 (p. 347)

Plan for Ukkie (A larger copy of the plan is also available to view or download).


	Acknowledgements - Cleaned-up plan drawing and OCR of text: David Sheehy - Original article (inc. photos and plan): Bill Henderson

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