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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 15,475 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

Aha, got it. Have tagged this as scale now. Many thanks :)
SteveWMD : Vance Flying Wing : 09/10/2024

Actually a scale model although a one off..
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vance_Viking
hjsaxe : Vance Flying Wing : 09/10/2024

Search for Vance Flying Wing.
Douglas Babb : Vance Flying Wing : 09/10/2024

This year 2024, I finished another Play Boy exactly like the one in the first photograph, one slightly foggy afternoon I saw it get lost in the mist with the Babe Bee already stopped in my usual flight field heading North West from Arges,...
Antonio Rodriguez Garrido : Playboy Senior : 08/10/2024

The model is covered with polyester VLIS and varnished with Novavia butyratica, it has no paint except for the small red stripes, the decals are made with decal paper and the final finish is a coat of polyurethane varnish with a brush, a...
Antonio Rodriguez Garrido : Yeyito : 08/10/2024

The Tomahawk is an interesting model. I built one and just could not find a way to get the CG right. That said I did see one Tomahawk flying successfully at the 2000 SAM Champs in Pensacola Florida. So I know some modelers can be...
Mike Myers : Tomahawk : 08/10/2024

This is the smallest of a family of Bill Dean designs for KeilKraft, the others being the 32" Competitor and the 45" Contestor. I still have the original Albert E Hatfull plan, and if I build another Eaglet I may give it a polyhedral wing...
John Park : Eaglet : 08/10/2024

Good morning Steve and Mary, Thought I'd send a couple of pictures of my recently test flown Aero-Flyte Stuntmaster built from John Moody's plan [main pic, 004-006]. This one has been a long time in the making, I started building this in...
Jed Bond : Stuntmaster : 08/10/2024

Vance flying wing [main pic]. I built it and here is a pic for the listing. Thanks,
Kevin McCue : Vance Flying Wing : 08/10/2024

Silver Schtick photo [pic 004].
Thomas Rawlins : Silver Schtick : 08/10/2024

Photo of AP ignition [pic]
Tom Ryan : Anderson Pylon : 08/10/2024

Photo of Tomahawk [main pic].
Tom Ryan : Tomahawk : 08/10/2024

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Latest Site Updates

Farman 400 (oz15583): Added kit instructions (also parts list, parts ID sheet and motor mount info) thanks to theshadow.
08/10/2024

Super Condor (oz15530): Added instructions (16 pages, with build pics), thanks to JimKatz.
07/10/2024

Convair B36B Peacemaker (oz13270): Added article, thanks to RFJ.
04/10/2024

Bird of Time (oz14772): Added kit review from Quiet Flight International, August 1998, thanks to RFJ.
04/10/2024

Challenger (oz15576): Added article, thanks to Pit.
04/10/2024

SE5 Pursuit (oz15537): Added the missing instructions sheet, thanks to dfritzke.
04/10/2024

Pudgey (oz15574): Added article, thanks to RFJ.
03/10/2024

Mosquito (oz8460): Added the previously missing pages (6,7) to the German instructions file.
02/10/2024

Speedy Bee (oz2315): Added build log, thanks to Larry Nieman.
02/10/2024

Velie Monocoupe (oz6216): Added build log, thanks to Larry Nieman.
02/10/2024

P-51 Mustang (oz3560): Replaced this plan with a clearer version (central banding removed), also added wing plan and parts file, thanks to hjsaxe.
01/10/2024

Cessna Skylane (oz868): Added parts zipfile, thanks to HobiePilot.
01/10/2024

Brigand (oz15564): Added later article from RCME Apr 1970, thanks to RFJ.
28/09/2024

Brigand (oz15564): Added article, thanks to theshadow.
28/09/2024

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Latest Plans text listing

Skymaster - 57in IC R/C
BAC Lightning Mk6 - 12in Scale Jetex F/F
Sunday Glider - 42in IC Glider R/C
F-4E Phantom II - 19in Scale Jetex Glider F/F
8520 Slow Stick - 24in Electric R/C
Farman 400 - 43in Scale Electric R/C
Lynx Mk5 - 26in IC C/L
Citabria - 69in Scale IC R/C
Mig 15 - 27in Scale Rubber F/F
Lil Dip - 48in Glider F/F
Avion - 25in IC C/L
Martinet - 22in Glider F/F
Challenger - 28in IC C/L
Douglas O43A - 36in Scale Rubber F/F
Pudgey - 16in Rubber F/F
DH53 Hummingbird - 45in Scale Electric R/C
Air Adventurers Power Model 2 - 18in Rubber F/F
Seduction 100 - 39in Electric R/C
Apple Bipe - 15in Glider C/L
Pasped Skylark - 27in Scale Rubber F/F
Wittman Special - 24in Scale IC C/L
Bloch MB 152 - 28in Scale IC C/L
FAI Tandem - 26in Rubber F/F
F-14A Tomcat - 32in Scale Jetex Glider F/F
Brigand - 60in IC R/C
Fairey Firefly - 50in Scale IC R/C
Penny Pincher - 19in IC C/L
YMK306-H - 71in IC F/F
Flying Flea - 12in Scale Rubber F/F
Hawker Sea Hawk - 21in Scale Electric R/C
Dingbat - 70in Glider R/C
Wigan 70 Rubber - 28in Rubber F/F
PZL P.11 - 27in Scale Rubber F/F
Laser 200 - 98in Scale IC R/C
Resident - 122in Glider R/C
Hole Card - 48in IC R/C
Puma - 34in Glider F/F
KA8b - 59in Scale Glider R/C
Yak-18 Nanchang CJ-5 - 27in Scale Rubber F/F
Straight Up - 15in Glider F/F
M-22 - 39in Rubber F/F
Jimmie Allen Thunderbolt - 24in Rubber F/F
Freedom - 74in Glider R/C
Bristol Britannia - 52in Scale Rubber F/F
Sunday Flier - 46in IC R/C
Compact Competition Caddy
MG 19 - 98in Glider F/F
Beamsbox - 11in Glider F/F
RM Aerobat - 48in IC R/C
M-28 - 51in IC F/F

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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