Model Aircraft Plans for the Jetex Atom 35
The Atom 35 was one of the last motors to be introduced by Wilmot Mansour, in 1953. With a annoying propensity to suffer from blow-back and a relatively short duration, fewer designs were produced for this motor.
We currently offer two of those plans, both simple all-balsa models from two of aeromodelling's top designers.
Atom Baby by Bill Dean
Download large dimensioned plan
and building and flying hints from Bill Dean
- Aeromodeller, Nov. 1953 (p.668)
Shortly after the introduction to the market of the Atom 35, the prolific and talented designer Bill Dean was asked by Aeromodeller to turn his hand to a simple design utilising the new motor. Atom Baby is the result.
In his accompanying notes, Bill Dean says:
"This all-sheet design for the new Jetex '35' takes only an hour to make.
"Asked by the Editor to design a beginner's model for the new Jetex " Atom 35 ", we decided to adopt a perfectly conventional layout and concentrate on building simplicity. After selecting the balsa sheet and sitting down at the building board, the average beginner can easily turn out one of these little models in one hour flat."
Handley Page H.P.115 by Doug McHard
Doug McHard designed this "simple little profile model of Britain's latest research plane" to be put together in less than an hour. He himself was quickly off the mark with his model, the full-scale aircraft having first flown only four months before publication of his plan.
Although the plan and the photo at left show an Atom 35 motor, Doug's H.P.115 was designed to be equally happy with a Jetex 50.
- Model Aircraft, Dec. 1961 (p.384)
Acknowledgements
Plan and information source:
- Atom Baby: article and plan contributed by Bill Henderson
- H.P.115: article and plan contributed by Bruce Ogden and Bill Henderson