IP Plane

A team of IPE students developed a digital compass for the IP Plane in the 2020/2021 winter semester as part of the Integrative Project. Within one semester, a functional device with an illuminated display including a housing was developed and manufactured from scratch. The compass shows the current orientation including pitch and roll angles. The […]

The project “Helling for the IP Plane wing assembly” is a sub-project of the IP Plane project. The goal was to work out a precise and cost-effective workbench for the wing assembly of a Pitts Model 12 in the Kimball version. The development and construction of the Helling was an extraordinary project because it had to be worked with particular precision. Even the smallest deviations have massive effects on the flight characteristics of the aircraft, which had to be taken into account when […]

In the Integrative Project study module, it is important to provide evidence of the load on the wings of the Pitts Model 12 for the IP Plane using a CAD and FEM load calculation. This challenge was accepted by our students Maximilian Roth, Tobias Gehring and Niklas Illison in the winter semester 2020/2021.In order to […]

Students of the IPE course developed a PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) System in the summer semester 2020. This system helps in the IP Plane project to show the construction progress and upcoming maintenance work. This makes it possible to see the next activities at a glance and to get to further details with a click. The system has been […]

Unfortunately the IP Plane project is suspended also in the current winter semester. Anyway students are working on some related projects in the seminar „Project Management“. FEM simulation for the wings, provision of a jig for the wings assembly and a digital compass development.We hope that this awesome project can be continued in the next […]

Due to the Corona situation and all limitations defined by the government and our university, the project is suspended for this semester. As soon as the limitations are reduced so that it is possible to meet in person again, the project will be continued. It will not be possible in the current semester. Anyway there […]

  On 10.01.20 the IP Plane Team invited to the Open Hangar Day „IP Edition“. The aim of the event was to introduce the IP Plane project to younger students and to explain the application process. Over a grilled sausage/cheese detailed questions about the functioning of the aircraft and the project cooperation were answered. The […]

At the open door day on 23.11.2019 were may interested visitors in our hangar. We showed the currently plane, the new motor, test rips from our wing team, press article from the baptism of the first plane, a presentation and the kids could show their skills on the flight simulator. Mr. Brune and our whole […]

This semester our wing team managed to complete all rib assemblies. The ribs are wood construction and later used to define the wing structure. The ribs are lined up on the stringers to build the fully assembled wing. To construct a single rib many process steps are needed. The rib assembly starts by cutting the […]

On the 23. of October we had our handover workshop. Students of the previous semester introduced us to our tasks and taught us how to build an aeroplane.     Each team defines the goals for the coming semester in cooperation with its predecessors. Individual tasks are discussed and possible difficulties clarified.     In […]