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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The "Simple Extra 230" is Fred Reese's 'schoolyard scale' sport aircraft design, kitted by Ace R/C in the 1980s, powered by a glow engine in the .049 to .09 class - a TD 049, unthrottled,...
| Simple Extra 230 Details: | |
| Type: | Airplane |
| Class: | Radio-Control |
| Use: | Acro |
| Motor: | Glow-Powered |
| Wingspan: | 35 in. / 88.9 cm |
| Publisher: | Ace R/C |
| Designer: | Fred Reese |
| Date: | 01/1993 |
| Plan File Info: | |
| ID: | 94634 |
| File Size: | 1.4 MB |
| Downloads: | 398 |
| Comments: | 0 |
| Listing Editor: | aeroastro |
| Added: | 09/01/2016 03:32 |
| Updated: | 10/09/22 05:00:38pm |
The 1/8A LaStick is a 22" span smaller version of the slightly larger LaStick, powered by either a Cox .010 or .020. The model would be a quick build and as is true for all derivative...
| 1/8A LaStick Details: | |
| Type: | Airplane |
| Class: | Radio-Control |
| Use: | Sport |
| Motor: | Glow-Powered |
| Wingspan: | 22 in. / 55.9 cm |
| Publisher: | . |
| Designer: | Dave Fritzke & Gene Rock |
| Date: | . |
| Plan File Info: | |
| ID: | 92151 |
| File Size: | 387.7 KB |
| Downloads: | 307 |
| Comments: | 0 |
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| Added: | 24/05/2015 10:17 |
| Updated: | 10/09/22 04:47:09pm |
Designed by Ronnie Albert and published in Air Trails magazine, February 1942, the Aeronca Tandem model is a free flight scale model of the "tandem" seating (student in front, instructor...
| Aeronca Tandem 1942 Details: | |
| Type: | Airplane |
| Class: | Free-Flight |
| Use: | Civilian |
| Motor: | Gas-Powered |
| Wingspan: | 48 in. / 121.9 cm |
| Publisher: | Air Trails |
| Designer: | Ronnie Albert |
| Date: | 02/1942 |
| Plan File Info: | |
| ID: | 79355 |
| File Size: | 1.8 MB |
| Downloads: | 340 |
| Comments: | 0 |
| Listing Editor: | aeroastro |
| Added: | 25/03/2015 02:48 |
| Updated: | 10/09/20 03:22:28am |
The Woomera is Australian "Bond" Baker's competition rubber free flight model designed for the International F1B "Wakefield" class, winning the event at the 1958 Free Flight...
| 1958 World Champion Wakefield "Woomera" Details: | |
| Type: | Airplane |
| Class: | Free-Flight |
| Use: | Sport |
| Motor: | Rubber-Band-Powered |
| Wingspan: | 43 in. / 109.2 cm |
| Publisher: | Model Aircraft |
| Designer: | R.S Baker |
| Date: | 11/1959 |
| Plan File Info: | |
| ID: | 92036 |
| File Size: | 923.5 KB |
| Downloads: | 204 |
| Comments: | 0 |
| Listing Editor: | aeroastro |
| Added: | 24/05/2015 10:17 |
| Updated: | 10/08/21 11:52:47am |
"Valley Flyer" has an interesting design heritage, conceived as a 'club airplane' for the Los Angeles-based San Fernando Valley Flyers model airplane club. A model design 'committee'...
| Valley Flyer Details: | |
| Type: | Airplane |
| Class: | Radio-Control |
| Use: | Sport |
| Motor: | Glow-Powered |
| Wingspan: | 46 in. / 116.8 cm |
| Publisher: | RCModeler |
| Designer: | Joe Bridi |
| Date: | 02/1971 |
| Plan File Info: | |
| ID: | 98381 |
| File Size: | 211.8 KB |
| Downloads: | 175 |
| Comments: | 0 |
| Listing Editor: | aeroastro |
| Added: | 06/06/2016 15:16 |
| Updated: | 10/08/19 04:46:27am |
Model aviation legend Bill "MAN At Work" Winter designed Vagabond in 1949, a 72" span sport free flight model, cabin fusleage style with wing polyhedral for stability. This vintage...
| Vagabond Details: | |
| Type: | Airplane |
| Class: | Free-Flight |
| Use: | Sport |
| Motor: | Glow-Powered |
| Wingspan: | 72 in. / 182.9 cm |
| Publisher: | Allen Model Aviation Planbook |
| Designer: | Bill Winter |
| Date: | 01/1949 |
| Plan File Info: | |
| ID: | 98380 |
| File Size: | 565.3 KB |
| Downloads: | 86 |
| Comments: | 0 |
| Listing Editor: | aeroastro |
| Added: | 06/06/2016 15:16 |
| Updated: | 10/08/19 03:48:24am |
"Cal" Smith designed the Smith Special as a quick-building, all-balsa sport control-line model spanning 16 inches and sized for a K&B Infant .020 glow motor; a Cox Pee Wee or Tee Dee...
| Smith Special Details: | |
| Type: | Airplane |
| Class: | Control-Line |
| Use: | Sport |
| Motor: | Glow-Powered |
| Wingspan: | 16 in. / 40.6 cm |
| Publisher: | Air Trails |
| Designer: | S. Calhoun Smith |
| Date: | 06/1949 |
| Plan File Info: | |
| ID: | 97444 |
| File Size: | 490.6 KB |
| Downloads: | 60 |
| Comments: | 0 |
| Listing Editor: | aeroastro |
| Added: | 19/11/2015 01:22 |
| Updated: | 10/07/22 04:38:00am |
Snoopy is an .049 glow engine-powered sport biplane designed by longtime model designer Ted Strader. Spanning 27 inches, the all-balsa model is fashioned mostly from 1/16" sheet balsa. The...
| Snoopy Details: | |
| Type: | Airplane |
| Class: | Free-Flight |
| Use: | Sport |
| Motor: | Glow-Powered |
| Wingspan: | 27 in. / 68.6 cm |
| Publisher: | Model Airplane News |
| Designer: | Ted Strader |
| Date: | 12/1956 |
| Plan File Info: | |
| ID: | 97448 |
| File Size: | 384.3 KB |
| Downloads: | 105 |
| Comments: | 0 |
| Listing Editor: | aeroastro |
| Added: | 19/11/2015 01:22 |
| Updated: | 10/07/22 04:22:22am |
The Fokker F.VII was a three-engined civilian passenger & cargo carrier aircraft, designed and produced by the Dutch manufacturer Fokker, and built under license in the US by Atlantic Aircraft...
| Fokker Trimotor F.VIIb Details: | |
| Type: | Airplane |
| Class: | Free-Flight |
| Use: | Airliner |
| Motor: | Diesel-Powered |
| Wingspan: | 40 in. / 101.6 cm |
| Publisher: | Aeromodeller |
| Designer: | H. Parrish |
| Date: | 09/1951 |
| Plan File Info: | |
| ID: | 81333 |
| File Size: | 234.2 KB |
| Downloads: | 241 |
| Comments: | 0 |
| Listing Editor: | aeroastro |
| Added: | 26/03/2015 23:36 |
| Updated: | 10/07/20 10:10:26am |
Walt Musciano designed numerous 1/2A all-balsa control line sport models for Scientific Models starting in the early 1950s, and the drawings presented here are the assembly instructions for one...
| Boeing P-26A Details: | |
| Type: | Airplane |
| Class: | Control-Line |
| Use: | Fighter |
| Motor: | Glow-Powered |
| Wingspan: | 18 in. / 45.7 cm |
| Publisher: | Scientific Models |
| Designer: | Walt Musciano |
| Plan File Info: | |
| ID: | 79893 |
| File Size: | 441.4 KB |
| Downloads: | 70 |
| Comments: | 0 |
| Listing Editor: | aeroastro |
| Added: | 25/03/2015 15:35 |
| Updated: | 10/07/19 11:40:50pm |
The Miles Magister is a British two-seat monoplane basic trainer aircraft built by the Miles Aircraft for the Royal Air Force and Fleet Air Arm. Affectionately known as the Maggie, the Magister was...
| Miles M.14 Magister Details: | |
| Type: | Airplane |
| Class: | Free-Flight |
| Use: | Trainer |
| Motor: | Diesel-Powered |
| Wingspan: | 52 in. / 132.1 cm |
| Publisher: | Model Aircraft, London |
| Designer: | E. R. Bigg |
| Date: | 6/1950 |
| Plan File Info: | |
| ID: | 82695 |
| File Size: | 1.5 MB |
| Downloads: | 421 |
| Comments: | 0 |
| Listing Editor: | aeroastro |
| Added: | 31/03/2015 22:47 |
| Updated: | 10/06/21 12:24:04pm |
Simon is a rubber-powered free flight model designed for Wakefield-class rules of the late 1940s. Its distinctive features include a 2-piece wing fitting to the fuselage with wooden 'tongues', a...
| Simon Details: | |
| Type: | Airplane |
| Class: | Free-Flight |
| Use: | Sport |
| Motor: | Rubber-Band-Powered |
| Wingspan: | 41 in. / 104.1 cm |
| Publisher: | Model Aircraft Magazine |
| Designer: | W. Hinks |
| Date: | 01/1950 |
| Plan File Info: | |
| ID: | 90773 |
| File Size: | 1.6 MB |
| Downloads: | 57 |
| Comments: | 0 |
| Listing Editor: | aeroastro |
| Added: | 24/05/2015 10:14 |
| Updated: | 10/06/21 10:57:09am |
From early 1950, here's plans for a sport-scale control line model of the P-47 Thunderbolt, 28" span, powered by engines in the 1.3 to 3.5 cc displacement (diesel engine shown in the plans but...
| Thunderbolt Details: | |
| Type: | Airplane |
| Class: | Control-Line |
| Use: | Fighter |
| Motor: | Diesel-Powered |
| Wingspan: | 28 in. / 71.1 cm |
| Publisher: | Model Aircraft magazine |
| Designer: | P M H Lewis |
| Date: | 8/1950 |
| Plan File Info: | |
| ID: | 91521 |
| File Size: | 2.2 MB |
| Downloads: | 215 |
| Comments: | 0 |
| Listing Editor: | aeroastro |
| Added: | 24/05/2015 10:15 |
| Updated: | 10/06/21 06:35:21pm |
Zanzara ("mosquito") is a 2 channel sport model, rudder and elevator control, designed for a Cox reed valve 049 with integral tank - Babe Bee, Golden Bee, Black Widow, or similar. Spanning...
| Zanzara Details: | |
| Type: | Airplane |
| Class: | Radio-Control |
| Use: | Sport |
| Motor: | Glow-Powered |
| Wingspan: | 37 in. / 94 cm |
| Publisher: | ECO Model |
| Date: | 01/1982 |
| Plan File Info: | |
| ID: | 97023 |
| File Size: | 356.1 KB |
| Downloads: | 195 |
| Comments: | 0 |
| Listing Editor: | aeroastro |
| Added: | 28/06/2016 00:44 |
| Updated: | 10/05/19 11:41:45pm |
The Eagle 63 is a high wing "aileron trainer" designed by the legendary Carl Goldberg. The design is sized for .29 to .40 CID 2-stroke glow engines, weighs appr. 4 1/2 pounds ready-to-fly,...
| Eagle 63 Trainer Details: | |
| Type: | Airplane |
| Class: | Radio-Control |
| Use: | Trainer |
| Motor: | Glow-Powered |
| Wingspan: | 125cm-To-160cm (50in-To-63in) |
| Publisher: | RCModeler |
| Designer: | Carl Goldberg |
| Date: | 02/1982 |
| Plan File Info: | |
| ID: | 92597 |
| File Size: | 2.6 MB |
| Downloads: | 789 |
| Comments: | 0 |
| Listing Editor: | aeroastro |
| Added: | 04/09/2015 16:24 |
| Updated: | 10/05/19 04:59:30pm |
The Astro-Hog is a truly pioneering and iconic radio-controlled model aircraft! Designed in the mid 50s by Fred Dunn, the plane was the first successful aerobatic design to incorporate a low-wing...
| Astro-Hog Details: | |
| Type: | Airplane |
| Class: | Radio-Control |
| Use: | Acro |
| Motor: | Glow-Powered |
| Wingspan: | 72 in. / 182.9 cm |
| Publisher: | Model Airplane News |
| Designer: | Fred Dunn |
| Date: | 04/1958 |
| Plan File Info: | |
| ID: | 99059 |
| File Size: | 2.7 MB |
| Downloads: | 285 |
| Comments: | 0 |
| Listing Editor: | aeroastro |
| Added: | 02/03/2017 11:34 |
| Updated: | 10/05/19 04:11:30am |
Presented here are the plans for a 22" span, rubber-powered free flight model of the iconic Curtiss JN-1 Jenny biplane trainer, produced by the thousands to train military air cadets in the...
| Curtiss JN-1 Jenny Details: | |
| Type: | Airplane |
| Class: | Free-Flight |
| Use: | Trainer |
| Motor: | Rubber-Band-Powered |
| Wingspan: | 22 in. / 55.9 cm |
| Publisher: | Model Builder |
| Designer: | Henry Struck |
| Date: | 05/1987 |
| Plan File Info: | |
| ID: | 82075 |
| File Size: | 409.4 KB |
| Downloads: | 291 |
| Comments: | 0 |
| Listing Editor: | aeroastro |
| Added: | 28/03/2015 20:18 |
| Updated: | 10/04/20 01:01:31am |
The Ultimate Kaos 60 is a large aerobatic plane designed for competition by Joe Bridi and spanning 62", featuring all-balsa construction and powered by a .45 to .61 2-stroke or .61 to .91...
| Ultimate Kaos 60 Details: | |
| Type: | Airplane |
| Class: | Radio-Control |
| Use: | Acro |
| Motor: | Glow-Powered |
| Wingspan: | 62 3/8 in. / 157.5 cm |
| Publisher: | Direct Connection R/C |
| Designer: | Joe Bridi |
| Plan File Info: | |
| ID: | 91685 |
| File Size: | 2.1 MB |
| Downloads: | 645 |
| Comments: | 0 |
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| Added: | 24/05/2015 10:17 |
| Updated: | 10/03/24 09:47:10am |
The Avro 504 was a series of biplane aircraft, initially designed for fighter and bomber roles in the pre-WW1 years, but soon relegated to trainer roles in which it excelled! Almost 9000 Avro 504s...
| Avro 504-R Gosport Details: | |
| Type: | Airplane |
| Class: | Free-Flight |
| Use: | Trainer |
| Motor: | Rubber-Band-Powered |
| Wingspan: | 21 in. / 53.3 cm |
| Publisher: | Mario Battagion |
| Designer: | Mario Battagion |
| Date: | 06/2006 |
| Plan File Info: | |
| ID: | 94318 |
| File Size: | 125.4 KB |
| Downloads: | 225 |
| Comments: | 0 |
| Listing Editor: | aeroastro |
| Added: | 09/01/2016 03:30 |
| Updated: | 10/03/20 03:05:05am |
Presented here are Comet Model's plans and assembly instructions for the floatplane racer version of the R3C racing aircraft, developed by Curtiss Aircraft in the middle 20s to compete in landplane...
| Curtiss R3C-2 Navy Racer Details: | |
| Type: | Airplane |
| Class: | Free-Flight |
| Use: | Racing |
| Motor: | Rubber-Band-Powered |
| Wingspan: | 13 in. / 33 cm |
| Publisher: | Comet Model Airplane Co. |
| Date: | 01/1932 |
| Plan File Info: | |
| ID: | 82916 |
| File Size: | 680.0 KB |
| Downloads: | 150 |
| Comments: | 0 |
| Listing Editor: | aeroastro |
| Added: | 01/04/2015 00:38 |
| Updated: | 10/03/19 03:38:21am |
Presented here are Modern Modelcraft's assembly plans for their 1:12 sport scale control line model of the French Nieuport 17C.1 biplane fighter. The 27" wingspan model doesn't incorporate very...
| Neiuport 17 CL Details: | |
| Type: | Airplane |
| Class: | Control-Line |
| Use: | Fighter |
| Motor: | Gas-Powered |
| Wingspan: | 27 in. / 68.6 cm |
| Publisher: | Modern Modelcraft Products |
| Plan File Info: | |
| ID: | 82918 |
| File Size: | 1.5 MB |
| Downloads: | 159 |
| Comments: | 0 |
| Listing Editor: | aeroastro |
| Added: | 01/04/2015 00:38 |
| Updated: | 10/03/19 02:41:36am |
Presented here are Sergio Agosta's beautifully CAD'd plans for a 28" span control-line model of the German Messerschmitt Bf-109 fighter from WW2. The model, sized for a .09 to .15 glow (or...
| Messerschmitt Bf-109 Details: | |
| Type: | Airplane |
| Class: | Control-Line |
| Use: | Fighter |
| Motor: | Glow-Powered |
| Wingspan: | 28 in. / 71.1 cm |
| Designer: | Sergio Agosta |
| Date: | 01/2008 |
| Plan File Info: | |
| ID: | 94525 |
| File Size: | 458.6 KB |
| Downloads: | 168 |
| Comments: | 0 |
| Listing Editor: | aeroastro |
| Added: | 09/01/2016 03:32 |
| Updated: | 10/02/20 12:47:31am |
Presented here are plans & instructions for a 22" span free slight semi-scale model of the P-51B Mustang, thanks to Whitman Publishing Company and their "Ace Whitman" model kit...
| Whitman P-51B Mustang Details: | |
| Type: | Airplane |
| Class: | Free-Flight |
| Use: | Fighter |
| Motor: | Rubber-Band-Powered |
| Wingspan: | 22 in. / 55.9 cm |
| Publisher: | Whitman Publishing Company |
| Date: | 01/1942 |
| Plan File Info: | |
| ID: | 94552 |
| File Size: | 2.5 MB |
| Downloads: | 163 |
| Comments: | 0 |
| Listing Editor: | aeroastro |
| Added: | 09/01/2016 03:32 |
| Updated: | 10/02/20 12:29:41am |
The DeHavilland T.K.2 was a single-engine, two-seater 'tourer' aircraft designed and built by apprentice students at the de Havilland Aeronautical Technical School, first flown in 1935 and raced...
| DeHavilland T.K.2 Details: | |
| Type: | Airplane |
| Class: | Radio-Control |
| Use: | Racing |
| Motor: | Glow-Powered |
| Wingspan: | 95 in. / 241.3 cm |
| Publisher: | RCModeler |
| Designer: | Dennis Tapsfield |
| Date: | 04/1993 |
| Plan File Info: | |
| ID: | 94392 |
| File Size: | 6.9 MB |
| Downloads: | 299 |
| Comments: | 0 |
| Listing Editor: | aeroastro |
| Added: | 09/01/2016 03:30 |
| Updated: | 10/01/20 02:34:18am |
Red Lightning is a vintage control-line team racer, designed for then-current British racing rules in 1950. A "Class B" racer with a 3.5 cc (appr. 0.18 CID) diesel motor shown, the model...
| Red Lightning Details: | |
| Type: | Airplane |
| Class: | Control-Line |
| Use: | Racing |
| Motor: | Diesel-Powered |
| Wingspan: | 29 in. / 73.7 cm |
| Publisher: | Model Aircraft Magazine |
| Designer: | D. W. Rowe |
| Date: | 12/1950 |
| Plan File Info: | |
| ID: | 83808 |
| File Size: | 1.7 MB |
| Downloads: | 191 |
| Comments: | 0 |
| Listing Editor: | aeroastro |
| Added: | 17/05/2015 13:38 |
| Updated: | 10/01/19 11:35:19pm |
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