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Fascinated with model aviation since a youngster, my modeling experience includes control-line, indoor modeling, competition free flight, r/c competition thermal sailplanes, r/c electric powered models, and more recently, Giant Scale r/c models. After gaining an MIT Aeronautical/Astronautical degree, I served 29 years in the USAF in the space and missile fields, serving as Program Manager for two major space programs. Presently retired and residing in Southern California, enjoying its year-around excellent


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Charter model airplane plan

Charter  ( 59.1 in. / 150 cm )

Robbe

The Robbe "Charter" is a 3-channel trainer produced in the early 1970s, 59" span and designed for up to .40 CID glow engines. Flight controls are rudder and elevator plus motor...

Charter Details:
Type: Airplane
Class: Radio-Control
Use: Trainer
Motor: Glow-Powered
Wingspan: 59.1 in. / 150 cm
Publisher: Robbe Models
Date: 01/1973
Plan File Info:
ID: 94369
File Size: 3.5 MB
Downloads: 726
Comments: 1
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Added: 09/01/2016 03:30
Updated: 30/12/21 02:05:35pm

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Little Diamond model airplane plan

Little Diamond  ( 55 in. / 139.7 cm )

PDF Bitmap Wood Plans from Magazines

Little Diamond is Alex Drobshoff's 55" span competition free flight model, designed in 1941 for the Ohlsson .23 ignition engine. The plane has lightweight, surprisingly modern construction with...

Little Diamond Details:
Type: Airplane
Class: Free-Flight
Use: Sport
Motor: Gas-Powered
Wingspan: 55 in. / 139.7 cm
Designer: Alex Drobshoff
Date: 01/1941
Plan File Info:
ID: 82418
File Size: 1.3 MB
Downloads: 75
Comments: 0
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Added: 30/03/2015 18:33
Updated: 30/12/17 03:47:15am

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The Key model airplane plan

The Key  ( 29 in. / 73.7 cm )

PDF Bitmap Wood Plans from Magazines

The development of high revving, high performance , nitromethane-fueled glow engines in the late 1940s opened up new competitive modeling possibilities not feasible with the spark ignition motors...

The Key Details:
Type: Airplane
Class: Control-Line
Use: Racing
Motor: Glow-Powered
Wingspan: 29 in. / 73.7 cm
Publisher: Berkeley Models
Designer: Keith Storey
Date: 01/1948
Plan File Info:
ID: 82229
File Size: 2.2 MB
Downloads: 77
Comments: 0
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Added: 28/03/2015 20:19
Updated: 30/12/17 03:27:59am

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Keil Kraft Phantom Mite model airplane plan

Keil Kraft Phantom Mite  ( 16 in. / 40.6 cm )

PDF Bitmap Wood Plans from Magazines

Phantom Mite was an all-balsa, 16" span, low wing control line 'trainer' model kitted by the English company, Keil Kraft, in 1948. The Mite was designed for a small displacement diesel motor as...

Keil Kraft Phantom Mite Details:
Type: Airplane
Class: Control-Line
Use: Trainer
Motor: Diesel-Powered
Wingspan: 16 in. / 40.6 cm
Publisher: Keil Kraft
Plan File Info:
ID: 82188
File Size: 1.3 MB
Downloads: 157
Comments: 4
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Added: 28/03/2015 20:19
Updated: 30/12/17 03:21:03pm

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Langosta model airplane plan

Langosta  ( 62 in. / 157.5 cm )

PDF Bitmap Wood Plans from Magazines

The Langosta is an adaptation of a vintage free flight design, originally powered by an Arden .099 glow engine, to be a "radio assisted free flight" design powered by a .25 CID glow engine....

Langosta Details:
Type: Airplane
Class: Radio-Control
Use: Sport
Motor: Glow-Powered
Wingspan: 62 in. / 157.5 cm
Designer: Carlos Gerster
Date: 01/1950
Plan File Info:
ID: 82334
File Size: 1.3 MB
Downloads: 114
Comments: 0
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Added: 30/03/2015 03:36
Updated: 30/12/17 02:26:23am

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Lockheed U-2 model airplane plan

Lockheed U-2  ( 32 in. / 81.3 cm )

PDF Bitmap Wood Plans from Magazines

The Lockheed U-2 "Dragon Lady" was designed by Lockheed Aircraft in the late 1950s to provide strategic reconnaissance for the CIA, and the program was later taken over by the US Air Force....

Lockheed U-2 Details:
Type: Airplane
Class: Free-Flight
Use: Observation
Motor: Jettex-Powered
Wingspan: 32 in. / 81.3 cm
Publisher: Model Airplane News
Designer: Paul Del Gatto
Date: 09/1960
Plan File Info:
ID: 91672
File Size: 371.9 KB
Downloads: 508
Comments: 0
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Added: 24/05/2015 10:17
Updated: 30/12/16 03:46:47am

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P-40F Warhawk model airplane plan

P-40F Warhawk  ( 34 in. / 86.4 cm )

Air Trails

The Curtiss P-40F "Warhawk" incorporated Packard-built Merlin water-cooled V-12 engines to improve the fighter's performance with the problematic Allison power plants, and was flown...

P-40F Warhawk Details:
Type: Airplane
Class: Control-Line
Use: Fighter
Motor: Glow-Powered
Wingspan: 34 in. / 86.4 cm
Publisher: Air Trails magazine
Designer: Claude McCullough
Date: 03/1943
Plan File Info:
ID: 91674
File Size: 713.1 KB
Downloads: 395
Comments: 0
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Added: 24/05/2015 10:17
Updated: 30/12/16 03:04:52am

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Spitfire III model airplane plan

Spitfire III  ( 16 in. / 40.6 cm )

PDF Bitmap Wood Plans from American Companies

This detailed plans set was produced by Whitman Publishing in 1941 for a 16" wingspan rubber-powered sport free flight scale model of the Spitfire III fighter aircraft. Built carefully and with...

Spitfire III Details:
Type: Airplane
Class: Free-Flight
Use: Fighter
Motor: Rubber-Band-Powered
Wingspan: 16 in. / 40.6 cm
Publisher: Whitman Publishing Co.
Date: 1941
Plan File Info:
ID: 91050
File Size: 1.2 MB
Downloads: 365
Comments: 0
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Added: 24/05/2015 10:14
Updated: 30/12/15 04:29:13am

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Supermarine Spitfire Mk IIA model airplane plan

Supermarine Spitfire Mk IIA  ( 48 in. / 121.9 cm )

PDF Bitmap Wood Plans from American Companies

M.E. Meador's controlline scale model of the Supermarine Spitfire Mk IIA has an impressive competition record: 1st place in Controlline Scale, 1971 US Nationals, and 6th place, 1972 World...

Supermarine Spitfire Mk IIA Details:
Type: Airplane
Class: Control-Line
Use: Fighter
Motor: Glow-Powered
Wingspan: 48 in. / 121.9 cm
Publisher: American Aircraft Modeler magazine
Designer: M. E. Meador
Date: 12/1972
Plan File Info:
ID: 91051
File Size: 3.3 MB
Downloads: 551
Comments: 0
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Added: 24/05/2015 10:14
Updated: 30/12/15 04:22:31am

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Rudder Bird model airplane plan

Rudder Bird  ( 52 in. / 132.1 cm )

PDF Bitmap Wood Plans from Magazines

Shown here are construction drawings and assembly notes for Sterling Models' Rudder Bird, 52" span and billed as an "advanced trainer" for rudder only or rudder + elevator controls,...

Rudder Bird Details:
Type: Airplane
Class: Radio-Control
Use: Sport
Motor: Glow-Powered
Wingspan: 52 in. / 132.1 cm
Publisher: Sterling Models
Plan File Info:
ID: 90516
File Size: 2.3 MB
Downloads: 173
Comments: 0
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Added: 24/05/2015 10:12
Updated: 30/11/18 02:55:01pm

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Super Slicker model airplane plan

Super Slicker  ( 84 in. / 213.4 cm )

PDF Bitmap Wood Plans from Magazines

Super Slicker is Keil Kraft's scaled up version of. Bill Dean's Slicker power free flight competition model, circa mid 1940s. The "Super" is a big plane - 84" span - sporting...

Super Slicker Details:
Type: Airplane
Class: Free-Flight
Use: Sport
Motor: Gas-Powered
Wingspan: 84 in. / 213.4 cm
Publisher: E. Keil & Co., Ltd
Designer: Bill Dean
Date: 01/1948
Plan File Info:
ID: 90571
File Size: 2.0 MB
Downloads: 155
Comments: 0
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Added: 24/05/2015 10:12
Updated: 30/11/18 02:42:39pm

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Touche model airplane plan

Touche  ( 50 in. / 127 cm )

PDF Bitmap Wood Plans from American Companies

The Touche is a sport aerobatic model designed by Morten Tanger and plans published by Dave Platt's Pica Models. Two-stroke glow engines in the .25 to .40 CID range are suggested, and controls are...

Touche Details:
Type: Airplane
Class: Radio-Control
Use: Sport
Motor: Glow-Powered
Wingspan: 50 in. / 127 cm
Publisher: Pica Models
Designer: Morten Tanger
Date: 1985
Plan File Info:
ID: 91593
File Size: 1.7 MB
Downloads: 226
Comments: 0
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Added: 24/05/2015 10:17
Updated: 30/11/15 06:08:22am

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P-39 Airacobra model airplane plan

P-39 Airacobra  ( 20 in. / 50.8 cm )

PDF Bitmap Wood Plans from American Companies

The "Towner P-39" is a free flight rubber-powered aircraft of the Bell P-39 Airacobra that was flown by the RAF during WWII. This particular model, approximately 20" span, would be...

P-39 Airacobra Details:
Type: Airplane
Class: Free-Flight
Use: Fighter
Motor: Rubber-Band-Powered
Wingspan: 20 in. / 50.8 cm
Designer: Harold Towner
Plan File Info:
ID: 91599
File Size: 1.1 MB
Downloads: 449
Comments: 0
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Added: 24/05/2015 10:17
Updated: 30/11/15 05:59:39am

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Lockheed Hudson model airplane plan

Lockheed Hudson  ( 27 in. / 68.6 cm )

PDF Bitmap Wood Plans from American Companies

The Lockheed Hudson is a twin-engine light bomber and reconnaissance aircraft produced by the then-fledgling Lockheed Corporation in the early 1940s. The Hudson was operated by the Royal Air Force...

Lockheed Hudson Details:
Type: Airplane
Class: Free-Flight
Use: Bomber
Motor: Rubber-Band-Powered
Wingspan: 27 in. / 68.6 cm
Publisher: Astral Aero Models
Designer: H J Towner
Date: 1943
Plan File Info:
ID: 91600
File Size: 1.1 MB
Downloads: 474
Comments: 0
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Added: 24/05/2015 10:17
Updated: 30/11/15 05:57:37am

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RCM Trainer 5 model airplane plan

RCM Trainer 5  ( 36.75 in. / 93.3 cm )

RCModeler

The "RCM Trainer 5" was designed by the legendary Joe Bridi as a small 1/2A engine powered rudder/elevator trainer. Construction is extremely simple and shouldn't present any problems for a...

RCM Trainer 5 Details:
Type: Airplane
Class: Radio-Control
Use: Sport
Motor: Glow-Powered
Wingspan: 36.75 in. / 93.3 cm
Publisher: RCModeler Magazine
Designer: Joe Bridi
Date: 8/1978
Plan File Info:
ID: 91606
File Size: 1.0 MB
Downloads: 288
Comments: 0
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Added: 24/05/2015 10:17
Updated: 30/11/15 05:52:40am

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Urchin model airplane plan

Urchin

PDF Bitmap Wood Plans from American Companies

The Urchin is a moderate-sized, 45" span sport aerobatic model designed by Gene Rogers. Controls are ailerons, rudder, elevator, and motor. A Super Tigre 23 is shown on the plans and the plane...

Urchin Details:
Type: Airplane
Class: Radio-Control
Use: Sport
Motor: Glow-Powered
Wingspan: 100cm-To-125cm (40in-To-50in)
Publisher: Flying Models magazine
Designer: Gene Rogers
Date: 2/1969
Plan File Info:
ID: 91699
File Size: 1.7 MB
Downloads: 235
Comments: 0
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Added: 24/05/2015 10:17
Updated: 30/11/15 05:10:45am

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Velie Monocoupe model airplane plan

Velie Monocoupe

PDF Bitmap Wood Plans from American Companies

The Velie Monocoupe was designed in 1927 as a two-person general aviation aircraft, produced by the Mono Aircraft Corp. and powered by a Velie power plant. 350 Velie Monocoupes were produced from...

Velie Monocoupe Details:
Type: Airplane
Class: Free-Flight
Use: Sport
Motor: Rubber-Band-Powered
Wingspan: 75cm-To-100cm (30in-To-40in)
Publisher: Flyline Models
Designer: Herb Clukey
Date: 5/1971
Plan File Info:
ID: 91730
File Size: 6.3 MB
Downloads: 260
Comments: 0
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Added: 24/05/2015 10:17
Updated: 30/11/15 03:16:12am

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Wing Derringer model airplane plan

Wing Derringer

PDF Bitmap Wood Plans from American Companies

The Wing Derringer was originally designed by John Thorp and initially named the Thorp T-17. The design was acquired by George Wing who manufactured the plane, now known as the Derringer, through his...

Wing Derringer Details:
Type: Airplane
Class: Radio-Control
Use: Sport
Motor: Glow-Powered
Wingspan: 125cm-To-160cm (50in-To-63in)
Publisher: Flying Models magazine
Designer: Jack Sheeks
Date: 10/1970
Plan File Info:
ID: 92008
File Size: 1.5 MB
Downloads: 297
Comments: 0
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Added: 24/05/2015 10:17
Updated: 30/11/15 02:41:18am

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Fudpucker Fantom model airplane plan

Fudpucker Fantom  ( 38 in. / 96.5 cm )

PDF Bitmap Wood Plans from American Companies

Dick Wickham designed this 38" sport biplane for three channel control - rudder, elevator, and throttle - and for a .15 to .20 CID glow engine. The plane features straightforward balsa and ply...

Fudpucker Fantom Details:
Type: Airplane
Class: Radio-Control
Use: Sport
Motor: Glow-Powered
Wingspan: 38 in. / 96.5 cm
Publisher: Model Airplane News
Designer: Dick Wickham
Date: 2/1976
Plan File Info:
ID: 83869
File Size: 1.3 MB
Downloads: 242
Comments: 0
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Added: 22/05/2015 22:41
Updated: 30/10/19 02:52:32pm

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Skyraider model airplane plan

Skyraider  ( 50 in. / 127 cm )

PDF Bitmap Wood Plans from Magazines

Designed by Douglas Aircraft's Ed Heineman, the A-1 Skyraider was a single-seater light bomber that served well in the Korean conflict as well as the Vietnam War for US air forces (Navy, Marines, Air...

Skyraider Details:
Type: Airplane
Class: Control-Line
Use: Acro
Motor: Glow-Powered
Wingspan: 50 in. / 127 cm
Publisher: Flying Models
Designer: Don Typond
Date: 03/1972
Plan File Info:
ID: 90866
File Size: 2.4 MB
Downloads: 214
Comments: 0
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Added: 24/05/2015 10:14
Updated: 30/10/18 03:21:47pm

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Slicker 50 model airplane plan

Slicker 50  ( 50 in. / 127 cm )

PDF Bitmap Wood Plans from Magazines

Presented here is Bill Dean's classic gasser, his 50" span Slicker competition free flight model designed for "A" displacement engines; a .19 CID ignition Bantam is shown on the plans...

Slicker 50 Details:
Type: Airplane
Class: Free-Flight
Use: Sport
Motor: Gas-Powered
Wingspan: 50 in. / 127 cm
Publisher: Kiel Kraft
Designer: Bill Dean
Date: 01/1947
Plan File Info:
ID: 90883
File Size: 2.2 MB
Downloads: 58
Comments: 0
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Added: 24/05/2015 10:14
Updated: 30/10/18 02:57:38am

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Rambler Too model airplane plan

Rambler Too  ( 72 in. / 182.9 cm )

PDF Bitmap Wood Plans from American Companies

Rambler Too was originally a Class C free flight model, powered by a Brown Jr. 0.60 ignition motor in the late 1930s, designed by Gil Shurman. Richard Bradford has re-engineered the design to...

Rambler Too Details:
Type: Airplane
Class: Radio-Control
Use: Sport
Motor: Glow-Powered
Wingspan: 72 in. / 182.9 cm
Publisher: Richard C. Bradford
Designer: Gil Shurman
Plan File Info:
ID: 83552
File Size: 113.2 KB
Downloads: 121
Comments: 0
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Added: 09/05/2015 16:22
Updated: 30/09/20 01:09:21am

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Hearn's Hobbies Swift model airplane plan

Hearn's Hobbies Swift  ( 24 in. / 61 cm )

PDF Bitmap Wood Plans from American Companies

From Australia, the Swift is a vintage control-line Team Racer designed for a 2.5 cc (0.15 cubic inches0 diesel motor. Spanning 24 inches, the all-balsa Swift is designed for this competitive event...

Hearn's Hobbies Swift Details:
Type: Airplane
Class: Control-Line
Use: Racing
Motor: Diesel-Powered
Wingspan: 24 in. / 61 cm
Publisher: Hearn's Hobbies
Plan File Info:
ID: 98337
File Size: 1.4 MB
Downloads: 150
Comments: 1
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Added: 06/06/2016 15:16
Updated: 30/09/19 04:25:05pm

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Viggen model airplane plan

Viggen  ( 10 in. / 25.4 cm )

PDF Bitmap Wood Plans from American Companies

Frank Scott designed this nifty all-balsa, 10" span free flight catapult glider of the Swedish Viggen (Thunderbolt) Mach 2 fighter/interceptor. Designed for easy construction, the glider would...

Viggen Details:
Type: Glider
Class: Free-Flight
Use: Fighter
Motor: Rubber-Band-Powered
Wingspan: 10 in. / 25.4 cm
Publisher: American Aircraft Modeler
Designer: Frank Scott
Date: 03/1973
Plan File Info:
ID: 98387
File Size: 178.1 KB
Downloads: 161
Comments: 0
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Added: 06/06/2016 15:16
Updated: 30/08/19 10:48:50pm

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Victa Airtourer 115 model airplane plan

Victa Airtourer 115  ( 59 in. / 149.9 cm )

PDF Bitmap Wood Plans from American Companies

The Victa Airtourer is an Australian low-wing, 2-place civilian sport aircraft manufactured in Australia and New Zealand during the 60s and 70s, and 168 aircraft were produced. The Airtourer's...

Victa Airtourer 115 Details:
Type: Airplane
Class: Radio-Control
Use: Civilian
Motor: Glow-Powered
Wingspan: 59 in. / 149.9 cm
Publisher: RCModeler
Designer: George Hahn
Date: 12/1972
Plan File Info:
ID: 98386
File Size: 807.0 KB
Downloads: 252
Comments: 0
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Added: 06/06/2016 15:16
Updated: 30/08/19 10:24:24pm

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