Eurofighter Typhoon Park Jet

[absolute-zero]

A little update here in front of the thread.

The Eurofighter plans are almost ready. We are ready for build in a week.

I will link to the plan, when they are ready.

http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=391941&stc=1

The first shot off the plan


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We need a Typhoon Park Jet thread.

The Typhoon plan isn't arrived on 3D Foamy yet. I hope it will come soon. [;)]

I will make the plane in the christmas time, and upload building pictures, if the plans will be released in time.

Michael

[Brauer]

I almost feel sorry for Steve now.. Hope he's only doing this for fun. He's been working like a machine the last months. Incredible planes but still... This is a hobby. Don't feel pressure Steve. Have your holyday and relax :)

Merry X-mas!

Jonas

[absolute-zero]

I don't press Steve, I love his plans, it's great he will share them.

Every one talk about T-38, but we must remember this beautiful plane. 4 countryes has just order over 600 1:1 Typhoons.

Enjoy your free time, we are alot in Denmark, who hope for realese soon.

Beta please ;)

[absolute-zero]

Merry X-mas to everyone.....!!

[RNAF]

Wow an Eurofighter!!!!!

Dave ;)

[absolute-zero]

If you read on 3Dfoamy you will se this text. "Typhoon (Dec 15)"

We haven't heard about the Typhoon, I'm only like to hear how it goes, will it be realesed dec 31 or later it's ok too, but we like to here how long he is with this plan.

No bad vibrations ;)

[RNAF]

Merry Christmas :p

[DCobra]

I almost feel sorry for Steve now.. Hope he's only doing this for fun. He's been working like a machine the last months. Incredible planes but still... This is a hobby. Don't feel pressure Steve. Have your holyday and relax :)

Merry X-mas!

Jonas

Actually, I think Chris (Stratotanker) is doing the Typhoon for 3DFoamy, not Steve. Chris had posted news to this effect 4-5 days ago in the X-29 parkflyer thread.

-Paul

[pacro]

i have already built a Ep Eruofighter along the E3Dfoamy stadards here are some pics i'm working on plans now PM me for pics

[jetset44]

Yep, I can confirm that Chris and Levi are doing the Eurofighter plans, not me. Haven't heard status on them for awhile, so I don't know when they'll be released.

But hey, I just posted Saab Gripen plans here last week, so if you're itching to build a European canard delta-winged jet fighter the Gripen is your bird! (sorry about the shameless plug.... ;) )

Steve

[Rudi]

Hello Guys,

here is a link for a free Depron Eurofighter (free only until christmas) .
http://www.christophbecker.de.gg/ under "Zur Modellbauhomepage" and under "Downloads" you will find the Acrobat Reader plan, but it is only in german ;)

Greetings from vienna

Rudi

[Tram]

Yes, where is the Typhoon? :)

[Tomcat Fan]

Hello Guys,

here is a link for a free Depron Eurofighter (free only until christmas) .
http://www.christophbecker.de.gg/ under "Zur Modellbauhomepage" and under "Downloads" you will find the Acrobat Reader plan, but it is only in german ;)

Greetings from vienna

Rudi

Thanks for the Typhoon plans.

[absolute-zero]

Hello Guys,

here is a link for a free Depron Eurofighter (free only until christmas) .
http://www.christophbecker.de.gg/ under "Zur Modellbauhomepage" and under "Downloads" you will find the Acrobat Reader plan, but it is only in german ;)

Greetings from vienna

Rudi

Thank you, nice plan. I read English, German and Danish, so I have no problems with the plan. :)

[Rudi]

Thank you, nice plan. I read English, German and Danish, so I have no problems with the plan. :)

:) Hope I can start with the Eurofighter after my F4(s) project(s) :)

Greetings from vienna and a merry christmas and a happy new year to all

Rudi

[LittleJon]

Merry Christmas to you too! I bet it really feels like Christmas in Vienna. It certainly doesn't here. Partly it's the weather (although it's nice that we can still fly at this time of year), but it's not just that. There's not a great deal of decorations and the palm trees just don't feel right to me!

[Ceeray]

Umm... actually, is there anytiled pdf plans for cutting the parts out for this baby?

Didn´t find out....

[Stratotanker]

Hey Guys,

Sorry I have not got to post on this subject sooner. Now that Christmas is over and Levi is almost completely caught up, I will resume design work on the Eurofighter as time allows, I would say that the design is about 75% complete and hope that it will not take too much longer to wrap it up. Christmas was really hectic around here trying to get all the orders cut to help Levi out, and working on the Laser to keep it running(broke down twice) I did not get any time to persue the typhoon at all. Now that all that is over I shut down everything and tore my laser system down for cleaning and repairs to get it running back to 100%, things should go more smoothly for us to stay on top of the designs(I hope). I will post info as soon as it is available!!!!

Chris

[absolute-zero]

It's ok. My only need was to hear how the work goes. I'm very happy for your work, and hope you will design lots of models in the future. Take your time. I know how much time design work take, from my self.

I will start building then you release the plans.

Merry Christmas!!

[Tram]

Chris-

I cannot wait until you get it up and kittable. ;)

[Ceeray]

Sorry to harass, but my Depron sheets anxiously wait for plans and I will have 3 days off from work starting tuesday..

Whats the progress of the plans??? :)

[RCParkflyer]

This is one ofthe jets I'm looking forewardto building, this one and the F-16 and the F/A-22 when that's ready also. Happy New Year Eveyone!!

Tom - Milwaukee

[Tram]

I am going to make the Typhoon my first foamy jet. ;)

[absolute-zero]

This is one ofthe jets I'm looking forewardto building, this one and the F-16 and the F/A-22 when that's ready also. Happy New Year Eveyone!!

Tom - Milwaukee

I have build F-18 and X-29, I will follow you, and make Eurofighter, F/A-22, Gripen and F-16. I have Depron waiting... :)

Happy New Year !!! I hope we will fly and build many foamyes this year.

[Stratotanker]

The plans are in work but all of the parts are drawn in cad. I will be laser cutting one in the next couple of days to see how things are going to fit and then I have to go back into cad and close all the lines to get my tooling offset for perfect fitting parts. Once all the parts are fixed I will make the scratch build parts and plans for you all! I will post a picture of it when I get the first one framed up for you all to drool on. I am working as fast as I can, I have three turbine airframes to build this winter plus get my Stingray ready for spring too, I may have to give up sleep all together!

Chris

[Tram]

Is anyone flying the X29 yet?

[jason H]

I have one that i made from 3D Foamy plans. She's got about 10 hrs up. The 29 flys well, gets alittle knocked about in the wind and can catch you out but in still air she ROCKS.

[RCParkflyer]

I am working as fast as I can, I have three turbine airframes to build this winter plus get my Stingray ready for spring too, I may have to give up sleep all together!

Chris

Sleep is a highly over rated concept :eek:

Tom

[absolute-zero]

I have one that i made from 3D Foamy plans. She's got about 10 hrs up. The 29 flys well, gets alittle knocked about in the wind and can catch you out but in still air she ROCKS.

I have a X-29 too, but I need power.... more power. What are your setup?

I will try Himax 2025-5366 6.6:1 gear. Do you think this motor will do the work?

[RCParkflyer]

Everything you ever wanted to know about a motor combo

http://www.3dfoamy.com/motors.htm

[absolute-zero]

Everything you ever wanted to know about a motor combo

http://www.3dfoamy.com/motors.htm


Take a look again, Himax 2025-5366 isn't there....... :D

But nice hp.

[absolute-zero]

The plans are in work but all of the parts are drawn in cad. I will be laser cutting one in the next couple of days to see how things are going to fit and then I have to go back into cad and close all the lines to get my tooling offset for perfect fitting parts. Once all the parts are fixed I will make the scratch build parts and plans for you all! I will post a picture of it when I get the first one framed up for you all to drool on. I am working as fast as I can, I have three turbine airframes to build this winter plus get my Stingray ready for spring too, I may have to give up sleep all together!

Chris

Do you make interlocks on your drawings? I can see 3Dfoamy laser cut interlocks :)

[Stratotanker]

Yes, I put interlocks in my designs, it is a pain but makes it easier to build. I take them all off of the scratch build sheet to make the kit that much better, not to mention cutting all those tabs with a razor would not be fun at all!!! The X-29 has quite a few interlocks, it made it really nice to assemble.

Chris

[absolute-zero]

SUPER......!!!

I made Interlocks on the plan for X-29, great to assemble, but it take time to make.

http://www.absolute-zero.dk/upload/rc/x-29/skabeloner.jpg

[Tram]

I can't wait to see some typhoon parts laying in my floor like that. ;)

[Tram]

Any updates? :)

[Stratotanker]

Ok guys, Sorry it has taken so long for me to do something for this but I have been on 12 hour shifts all week and have not had time to cut, so today I promise to have at least a picture of a framed up Eurofighter, I will cut one as soon as I get finished with my chores, it just would not be right to have my pregnant wife shoveling snow, I guess :D.


Chris

[Ceeray]

Naah.. just forget the cutting and post the plans, I´ll cut it by myself :D

[absolute-zero]

Take you time. :) Congratulation with your wife.

[absolute-zero]

Naah.. just forget the cutting and post the plans, I´ll cut it by myself :D

It's better to wait, we must have interlocks on our plans.

[RCParkflyer]

I will cut one as soon as I get finished with my chores, it just would not be right to have my pregnant wife shoveling snow, I guess :D.
Chris

Not unless shes ready to give birth, a little hard work is a GREAT labor inducer :eek: But then you'd always hear "I'd rather give birth than shovel snow" coz, after all you DO want her to shovel it next winter!! LOL

Get one of the neighbor kids to do it, promise him he can watch you fly the Typhoon come springtime (that and $20 bux should seal the deal) :)

[Tram]

You mean she's not out shoveling snow on her own accord??? :) Take your time man! :)

[Stratotanker]

Well, here is the first protoype, not really the result I was hoiping for but it is something that I can work with now. I am going to lose the boxy look by adding the diagonals as in the X-29 rear fuselage, I thought that I could get away with not using them but it just does not look right to me. As you can see I stopped sanding on this one to go back to the drawing board!!! The good news is the plane flew right off the drawing board with out adding ballast. I finished gluing it up and threw it out the front door, it should be a real performer! Hope you guys like it, the next one will be alot better!

[absolute-zero]

Thats a beauty!!!

[RCParkflyer]

Looks like a jet to me :)

[absolute-zero]

Yes, but its the same......

Like my fiancée she is a beauty too....

[Tram]

Looks good so far! :)

[Stratotanker]

Hey guys, thought I would post a progress report for you all. I am not much farther than the last time I posted. I have been spending a lot of time in CAD to try and dress this baby up a bit. After the first attempt and it coming out like a shoe box, I tried to make a few small changes that would have the greatest effect on the final design, I face planted, so I have had to redraw a large majority of the parts to give it that sleek jet look. The turtle deck has been completley deleted and redrawn as were the tops and sides, the vertical fin had to be tweaked a bit to allow prop clearance along with some other changes. The drawing now looks better and I think this will be the one that I end up going with as it looks promising, but that is what I thought about the first one!!! Thanks to you all for the support and patience, it will be rewarded in time with a sweet looking and flying Eurofighter!

Chris

[Ceeray]

Looking good!

Do you mind a couple of suggestions...?
1. Engine intake---> make center "divider" a little longer so it will form little curvature in the intake bottom. Looks better that way and depron is forgiving.

2. Add more room for intake to add intake lip.

3. Make 120% size plans for me tiled when finished :)

If I understand correctly you make it about 32" wingspan? I would like to have it at fuselage lenght about 1.2 m and wingspan should then be about 1m ?

Thank you in advance :)

PS. I have noticed that when making bigger than original the plane flies more realisically .. (my T-38 is laaarge...)

[bigdoginit]

Hey Chris,
Thanks for taking the time to update us. Looking forward to building this one.
Chad

[Stratotanker]

We are way close now! The plans are almost complete. The parts are almost finalized for a test run. The plane is high on my priority list for the next week so hopefully you guys will finally have what you have been waiting for. Once I am satisfied with parts fit I will make the parts sheet for scratch builder and get the stuff to Levi so he can get it up on the site for you guys. I took the prototype into the hangars at work for some test glides and was getting around 100' glides so she is going to be an awesome performer.

Chris

[Tram]

Sweet.. Let's get her going! :) I want one!!

[RCParkflyer]

sounds like a great deal!!!!

[Ron Laden]

Following this one with interest, sounds as if one or two design/builds are underway. I too have a Typhoon in build to my own design, fuselage is in build at the moment. It will be interesting to see what we all come up with and compare notes.

Ron

[Ceeray]

I´m having my depron ready and my steel sharp :)

Forget 120% plans, I dont have any more room for planes! :eek:

Just had to bumb crippled PT-17 into the basement. Also had to repair and refit spit .. .got bored flying T-38 :rolleyes:

[absolute-zero]

My Depron is ready too....!!

Do You have some pictures Stratotanker?

[Stratotanker]

no pictures yet guys, still working the CAD files, almost there though!

Chris

[Stratotanker]

Well guys, here is a sneak peek at the plans if I can get the picture to load! I cut the first kit since I made all the changes and it is looking very promising, does not look as boxy now. I will post some pictures when I get her all framed up and looking pretty, not sure when that will be, don't have much time during the week, I am either at work or sleeping, I only have about three hours of awake time at home monday thru friday. I will get the info out as soon as I can. If I am satisfied with that partsfit then I will get the plans and scratch builders sheet to Levi so he can get them up on the site for you all to enjoy. Thanks for being patient!

[absolute-zero]

NICE!!! I love this plane. Enjoy you free time, don't work for us, work for fun :o)

We are ready to build. You will get pictures from here very quick...

[Ceeray]

...you hear drool dropping on the floor ??...

:D

[Tram]

Yeh, it's slippery over here. :)

[Stratotanker]

Good news! Levi should be uploading the plans and scratch builders sheets to his site this weekend! Kit release is still to be determined but at least you guys can start playing. Please e-mail me with questions and comments as Levi is busy with other stuff and did not get to be involved with this one too much. Post lots of pictures!

Chris

[Tram]

Sweeet... I think this will be my first depron jet. ;)

[Tram]

double post.

[jetset44]

Great work on this design, Chris! I'm looking forward to seeing how this jet looks when built!

I've got a suggestion for you. I learned on my Gripen Park Jet that a straight one-piece carbon tube wing spar (non-swept) works great and saves a good amount of weight and building complexity relative to a swept spar. The Typhoon has a very similar wing planform to the Gripen, so it should work just as well here.

Steve

[absolute-zero]

Good news! Levi should be uploading the plans and scratch builders sheets to his site this weekend! Kit release is still to be determined but at least you guys can start playing. Please e-mail me with questions and comments as Levi is busy with other stuff and did not get to be involved with this one too much. Post lots of pictures!

Chris

Anything new? Levi isn't updating his site.

[RCParkflyer]

There busy pounding out Kit orders, I just got the notification that my F-15 shipped today WOOOHOOOOO!!!

[Mike77]

hello people..I m Mike from italy...there are any plans of this beatiful park jet some where?!??!
Hope to recive a good suggestion!!!!
Thank you very much

Mike

[Tram]

Plans should be comming soon. :)

[absolute-zero]

Good news! Levi should be uploading the plans and scratch builders sheets to his site this weekend! Kit release is still to be determined but at least you guys can start playing. Please e-mail me with questions and comments as Levi is busy with other stuff and did not get to be involved with this one too much. Post lots of pictures!

Chris

Levi have very loong weeks. Will you release a beta-plan? I have some days off from work and time for building. :)

[Tram]

Yeh, I'd be down for some plans. :)

[Mike77]

Please tell us where we can find these plans!!!!!!!! My depron is only waiting to be cut!!!!:-) God job to every body !!!! Please be fast!!!!!:-)))

[absolute-zero]

We can't find these plans anywhere before Levi are updating this site. But you will later find link here and on 3Dfoamy.com

[Mike77]

Thank you very much!! I'll be looking forward!!

Greetengs from Rome

Mike

[Stratotanker]

Just letting you guys know that we have not forgotten about you! Levi is so busy that I think he has give up sleep all together, I have not had much time to work on this plane either, I have been working 10-12 hour days at work and then bringing stuff home to stay caught up with my real job, I do have my Laptop set up next to the laser so I can keep plugging away to help Levi get caught up on orders. I got a big promotion at work so I went from turning wrenches to running the shop overnight so I have a huge mountain to climb with that one!, don't mean to make excuses or want anyone to feel sorry for us, just keeping you guys in the loop on the real world issues. We appreciate all of the patience that you are giving us. Levi has all the plans tiled and PDF'd so when he gets caught up, he will get them out to you guys. Thank god I have an understanding wife, at least I think I am still married! Hang in there guys.

Chris

[absolute-zero]

Anything new Stratotanker......?????

Will you relaese a BETA plan. AutoCAD, pdf, gif....???

We must have this plane ready for spring here i europe.

[Tram]

So... Anything on this?? I want this to be my first park jet!!

[RCParkflyer]

some plans would be right on time, looks like Levi has given up on the parkjets... no f-22 neither (sigh)

[Tram]

Ah, that's no fun.. :(

[Tram]

I guess this thing is dead??

[Tram]

Stratotanker?

[Mike77]

Anibody still alive!?!?!?!

[im-sad]

thats not the way to ask. the proper way is:

HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLL LLLLLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHERES THE EF?????:D

[Tram]

Yeh, looks like this is dead...

[Geecee]

Yep - pity really the EF was shaping up to be a good looking park flyer.

Gary

[Tram]

Maybe someone else will do one. :)

[Iswald]

mybe someone could ake a stab at makin one?? I suck @ makin new planes but whoever wants to try has my full (useless) support!!!

[Geecee]

Ok guys - I am just finishing up the drawings for my first ever model design - another park flier - if it goes well then maybe I will have a go at the EF.

Gary

[Iswald]

and the crowd goes " Geecee ... Geecee ..... Geecee "
thanx....cant wait!!

[Geecee]

Ha Ha - no promises but will give it a go!!

Gary

[RCParkflyer]

if I had a set of plans, I'd definetly try this one :)

[airsnyper]

So I hear you guys are looking for a Eurofighter Typhoon..........

..how about full EPP, and CNC milled?

Justin
Concrusher cutter...

[airsnyper]

I will start a thread on this one soon...

[absolute-zero]

Nice work. The only problem are it will be more expencive than a Depron-sheet, but I'm open minded for this one. I need a price :-)

[airsnyper]

True, but sure will be a lot tougher and last longer than Big Mac foam...

Guess you get what you pay for. :)

[Tram]

That's pretty sweet.. Is it still going to be a pusher?

[airsnyper]

Probably offered as both.

Double sided milled or blow molded for EDF.

Justin

[Tram]

How will graphics - such as paint or covering be applied to the epp?

[airsnyper]

I was thinking ultracoat in 1" strips, front to back, applied with super77 and an iron.

Of course if it's blow molded....

[absolute-zero]

You can paint EPP with all paint materials, there are no need for acrylic, just use what you have in stock.