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We collect and share plans of vintage and old-timer flying model airplanes. For free. We do it together. And we've been doing it since 2011. No need to login, just grab and go. Thanks to you all, there are now 15,425 plans here for free download. We think that's pretty good going. Thank you for helping us to make Outerzone what it is, an awesome free archive of old-timer goodness. Three cheers for all of us!

   

Latest Comments

Hi Miguel,
thanks for the "Obsessive Compulsive Comedy"! I will acquire this into my vocabulary to use. :)
Cheers, Martin
Martin K. : Leipziger Canard : 15/09/2024

Beautiful build and covering job. Many happy Flights!
Jan Novick : Invader : 14/09/2024

Steve, Enten means Duck, plus or minus a declension. I'd guess the proper name for this would be that Leipziger Flügel in brackets or Leipzig Wings, make what you want from this.
Martin, I have an OCC syndrome (Obsessive...
Miguel : Leipziger Canard : 14/09/2024

Thought you might like this for the gallery, a Playboy - without RC! [pics 014, 015].
Benjamin Strauss : Playboy Senior : 14/09/2024

Dear Outerzone friends, finally after 2 more years here are some photos of the completed Invader [main pic, 010, 011]. I hope you like the result and will encourage some modellers to build this special plane. Best regards,
Hape Romer : Invader : 14/09/2024

Canards (french for "ducks") are called this way because of their long "necks" in front of the wing, thus superficially resembling ducks (or geese or swans) in flight. I guess this goes back to the pioneer...
Martin K : Leipziger Canard : 14/09/2024

Got it, thanks. Have set the date as 1938, also.
SteveWMD : Leipziger Canard : 14/09/2024

Hello Mary and Steve, Hello Outerzone Fans and Canard Lovers, the Designer Otto Klank named his Model Leipziger Flügel and is a Canard Glider. Otto Klank write a Booklet (Second Edition from 1938) about his Canard Gliders. I have send this...
Axel_VPF : Leipziger Canard : 14/09/2024

Is Enten the correct name of this design? Rather than Liepziger Canard?
SteveWMD : Leipziger Canard : 14/09/2024

Why is this configuration called a 'duck' (canard)? Does it
look like one, swim like one, and quack like one? No. So if not a canard what is it then?
Miguel : Leipziger Canard : 14/09/2024

I'm surprised no-one has said anything, but it is important to note that the designer - Alexander Lippisch - is most well known today for his design of the Messerschmitt Me-163 Komet rocket fighter of the 2nd World War, and the various...
Martin La Grange : Libelle : 14/09/2024

Hi Claudio,
could be an attempt to improve directional stability, often an issue with canards. Eighty years ago, not too much was known about them. To me it looks like dihedral turned from the horizontal to vertical.
Many...
Martin K. : Leipziger Canard : 14/09/2024

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Latest Site Updates

Renard R-2 (oz2504): Added alternate plan scan, thanks to theshadow.
14/09/2024

Leipziger Canard (oz15534): Added instructions booklet (34 pages in German), thanks to Axel_VPF.
14/09/2024

Knight Twister (oz457): Replaced article with a complete version, thanks to theshadow.
13/09/2024

Dragonette (oz10151): Replaced article with a complete version, thanks to theshadow.
13/09/2024

Bee-Tween (oz8770): Added cut files, thanks to Karel Lootens.
13/09/2024

Grumman Albatross SA-16B (oz13927): Added article, thanks to Pit.
11/09/2024

Opel Rak 1 (oz4925): Replaced this plan with a cleaned up copy, thanks to Pilgrim.
11/09/2024

Tonga (oz8174): Added airfoil dat zipfile, thanks to Martin Huebner.
11/09/2024

Tipsy S2 (oz15499): Replaced this plan with a clearer copy, thanks to Siegfried Glockner. This is a clearer scan, also now shows annotated CG location.
10/09/2024

Gull (oz583): Added printwood scan (this includes additional formers), thanks to GregRose.
08/09/2024

Jitterbug (oz14600): Added printwood scan (2x sheets of 1/16), thanks to George Bredehoft.
08/09/2024

Starduster X (oz6643): Added rib templates, thanks to Shawn Whitely.
08/09/2024

Caudron C.445 Goeland (oz14732): Added photos of completed model, also build details and flight report, thanks to PeteTheobold, Barry.
08/09/2024

Fournier RF4 (oz15502): Added laser cut parts file (in DWG format), thanks to Jim Katz.
07/09/2024

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Latest Plans text listing

Pogo - 12in Rubber F/F
SE5 Pursuit - 22in Scale Rubber F/F
Kingfisher - 29in Rubber F/F
Improved Barnes Snorter - 16in Rubber F/F
Leipziger Canard - 75in Glider F/F
Clarky - 52in IC R/C
M-26 - 50in IC F/F
Noorduyn Norseman - 76in Scale IC F/F
Super Condor - 72in Electric Glider R/C
Douglas DC-3 - 39in Scale Electric F/F
Magpie - 50in IC R/C
Sonoma - 78in Electric Glider R/C
M-8 - 30in Rubber F/F
Guizzo 130 - 51in Glider R/C
Sopwith Strutter - 16in Scale Rubber F/F
Westland Whirlwind - 20in Scale Rubber F/F
Wedell Williams - 26in Scale IC C/L
Standard Airfish - 96in IC Glider R/C
Cagebird - 13in Rubber F/F
Rhonsperber - 22in Scale Glider F/F
Yonder - 53in Rubber F/F
King Kombat E - 40in Electric R/C
Sizzler - 22in IC C/L
Fauvel AV48 - 22in Scale Glider F/F
Heath Super Parasol - 13in Scale Rubber F/F
Grunau Baby IIa - 18in Scale Glider F/F
Ente - 16in Glider F/F
Bullet - 30in Rubber F/F
Tern - 44in Rubber F/F
Fournier RF-1 - 19in Scale Rubber F/F
British Champion - 46in Rubber F/F
Gaukler - 100in IC Glider R/C
Slowpoke - 14in Rubber F/F
Demos - 86in Electric Glider R/C
Bellanca XRE-1 - 26in Scale Rubber F/F
Cadet Minor - 20in Rubber F/F
Fournier RF4 - 72in Scale IC Glider R/C
Martin JRM3 Mars - 54in Scale Rubber F/F
Krumpler Corsair - 36in IC R/C
Tipsy S2 - 13in Scale Rubber F/F
Titan - 98in Electric R/C
Hot Lemon - 32in Electric R/C
KL-61 - 88in IC R/C
Super Whipsaw - 42in IC C/L
Eros - 88in Electric R/C
Zanzara - 20in Rubber F/F
U2 - 106in Scale Glider R/C
Hornet - 24in IC C/L
Basswood Stripper
Starlet - 51in Glider R/C

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About Outerzone

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Did I miss your name? Then I'm sorry. Let me know. As far as scanning and posting plans on the RCGroups thread, there are just too many names to mention them all... but here are a few:

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RCLibrary

Launched in September 2015, RCLibrary is the new sister site to Outerzone. A small but fast-growing collection of old-time modeller books and periodicals, held online as PDF files for free download. Everything is free. The library is open to everyone - you don't need to register or log in before you start downloading these titles. There are no charges or subscriptions. Basically, it's Outerzone for books.

That link again: www.rclibrary.co.uk

 

Vinplandex

Click here to visit VinPlanDex - the online index of RCGroups vintage plans thread 1265873. Complete with search facility.

What is the difference between Outerzone and VinPlanDex? Well...

VinPlanDex is is an exhaustive and complete index of every plan that has ever been posted on the Vintage & Old-Timer Plans thread.

In comparison Outerzone is a slightly random collection of plans in PDF format. Outerzone does not include all the plans posted on the Vintage & Old-Timer Plans thread. At a guess, only about 80%. Some plans on here are not from that thread. Also, some are direct submissions.

That link again: VinPlanDex