Free Flight resources

[JCastle]

Along the line of what they did over in the HLG forum I thought it might be a good idea to start collecting a list of all of the useful Free Flight links out on the web. The web is rich with free plans and information and it would be nice to have a collection in one place.

This link to an Australian site is a good start but I know that there are dozens more.
http://www.hotkey.net.au/~ue626/plans_web/web_plans.htm

If you know of any please share with us.

Thanks,
John:)

[flailing]

The Flying Aces Club has a new site, not many postings yet but let's see if we can change that, The FAC is the main driving force behind free flight scale models, here's the link. http://www.flyingacesclub.net/phpnuke/html/index.php

Here's a good one.
http://www.simviation.com/3viewand.htm#On%20Line%20Resources

My club website.
http://www.windysock.net/

Peck polymers web site.
http://www.peck-polymers.com/

[steve lewin]

I think all the ones I've laboriously collected are links on the Aussie site first posted so that's that done with :(.

Steve

[KnifeEdge51]

JCastle, your awesome! This is just what I've been waiting for! In addition to fueling my interests, you provided some valuable F1D resources I believe I can use for the Science Olympiad I may be participating in! I GREATLY appreciate it! Great idea! :D

Nick R.

[billystiltner]

theres a lot of materials in this free flight and rc hobby.

right now i'm into peanuts, dime scale, stick models, ministicks,
ezb, and trying to convert those little cars into rx plane.

i've just been into this hobby for a little over 2 months and
the closest hobbyshop doesnt even sell rubber bands.
most of the materials I have came from local department stores
besides the balsa. So my first scale models were covered in walmart tissue. i bought guillows sheet models for the balsa wood. then i went to the hobbyshop and picked up some 20lb / ft^3 1/32 next time i took some scales. my first ministicks,peanuts and and ezb are made with wood from guillows jet stream wood
and the ezb covered with that tissue from walmart that looks like
polymicro. funny eh. it flies really well considering. i guess i have gained experience. now that i have learned a little there are so many things scattered out at different shops. where is the best place for getting 4-6lb wood , quality rubber, covering material, gears for pager motors and n20s, props for rubber and electric( i can make these but it would be nice to get some to compare the performance) lithium polymer batteries, micro recievers (for guided rubber powered planes in this forum of course), etc...

here are some places to buy materials that Paul Bradley turned me on to.


A very good source for rubber and props is Peck Polymers. You
will find their web site at http://www.peck-polymers.com.

Lone Star balsa has a web site and provides very good wood
at a fair price. You will find them at http://207.8.138.183/index.shtml.


here are my favorite free plans and howto places
I know they are covered in the free flight plans thread
but i'll post my favorites any way

http://pw1.netcom.com/~bradleyp/index.htm
http://www.thestuarts.freeserve.co.uk/index.htm
http://www.theplanpage.com
http://www.geocities.com/dmlivesay/
http://www.mindspring.com/~thayer5/modelhp.html
http://www.flyingacesclub.net/alamo/plans.htm
http://www.ualberta.ca/~khorne/
http://users.rcn.com/bmarches/
http://www.aeronutz.flyer.co.uk/
http://www.indoorduration.com/IndoorDurationFrame.htm
http://freeflight.org/jlf/beginners_corner/beginers_corner.htm
http://www.indoorfreeflight.com/
http://www.frontfly.com/index.htm
http://home.att.net/~dannysoar/home.htm

[billystiltner]

this one too
some pistachio plans there
http://indoorflying.uggy.org/

does anyone else know of any other pistachio plans?

i know you could just scale peanut plans down but i would like to
see more pistachio plans that poeple have designed for pistachio scale. i like small models they use less wood and i have lots of 1/32 sheet at the moment.

[bob the builder]

a lot of the listed sights are members of the free flight web ring. I roam around in this site a lot. http://a.webring.com/hub?sid=&ring=freeflightring&id=&list bob

[WarPoet]

I'm editor for a new sight you FF enthusiasts may enjoy...
Small Flying Arts
http://www.smallflyingarts.com

Bhagat Dhillon

[Mike Taylor]

This site has some very nice W.W. I scale ff models. Nicely laser cut, excellent wood selection, all the bits and pieces (rubber, prop, tissue, wheels, vacuformed parts, etc.), and very reasonable prices for the quality...

I bought 5, and the only problem I faced was which to build first!

http://www.dpcmodels.homestead.com/

[Pat Daily]

Try the DC Maxecuters page--their newletter MAX FAX is superb.

http://www.his.com/~tschmitt/

Pat Daily

[Treetop]

Free flight supplies:

http://www.faimodelsupply.com/fai2.htm

Glider drawings free catapult and hand launch:

http://home.swipnet.se/mfk_slandan/hlg/hlg.htm

Freeflight kits by Campbell and others:

http://radicalrc.secure-mall.com/shop/index.php?shop=1&cat=8&cart=194336

Good balsa site:

http://www.nationalbalsa.com/index.htm

[steelhead]

Here are a couple-

This one has drawings and plans for a ton of FF cat and hand chuck gliders

http://home.swipnet.se/mfk_slandan/hlg/hlg.htm


And this one has a simple Laminated Paper plan

http://zovirl.com/2004/hobbies/paper_airplanes/

he'll be adding more paper plans

Dean

[robert harik]

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[robert harik]

FFHLG sites:
http://www.stingaeroproducts,aunz.com/ For sale HLG plans and kits 12-30 inches.

http://f4bscale.worldonline.co.uk/hand.htm Lots of free HLG plans and building info.

http://www.modelresearchlabs.com/ HLG building info and building supplies for sale.

[Blazer]

http://home.earthlink.net/~rlipori/options.html -Jim

[Treetop]

Lots of ff kits and supplies:

http://www.easybuiltmodels.com/

Lots of good tips on building also. tt

another good site for building tips, articles etc.

http://www.eskimo.com/~smallnet/index.html

[TimGoldstein]

Indoor Free Flight wood and supplies as well as much for outdoor
www.F1D.biz

[Treetop]

Thanks Tim, they have some cool stuff, 36" balloon for $4, (for steering?) Great prices on tools (drill bits) insect pins for tiny balsa, a real specialty shop. tt :)

[sturmvogel]

Someone may already have mentioned Aerodyne for nitrate dope, covering materials, plans, f/f kits, timers, etc.
Bob Peterson

[FFlover]

Here's some free plans:

http://www.smallflyingarts.com/Free.../free_plans.htm

http://www.windysock.net/plans.htm

http://www.parmodels.com/Plans/index.htm

http://www.thestuarts.freeserve.co.uk/index.htm
(scroll down to see the plans)

http://modelplanes.my100megs.com/index.html

http://mywebpage.netscape.com/dbdesignbureau/plans.htm

http://members.ozemail.com.au/~barrylee/plan.htm

http://www.algonet.se/~friflyg/index.html (hLG's)

http://www.charlesriverrc.org/artic...erWhiz2plan.pdf
(HLG plan)

http://www.mindspring.com/~thayer5/...lans/plans.html

http://f4bscale.worldonline.co.uk/plans.htm (hLG's)

http://home.swipnet.se/mfk_slandan/hlg/hlg.htm (hlg's)

http://www.aeromaniacs.com/Freeplans.htm
(scroll down for more glider plans)

http://homepage1.nifty.com/akatombo/e-product.html (ornithopters)

http://www.frontfly.com/frntroom/freestuff.htm

http://www.home.zonnet.nl/nbrendel/html/drawings.html

http://home.student.utwente.nl/g.h....t/home_ifi.html

http://golum.riv.csu.edu.au/~gcar/FF.html (LULU plans)

http://www.freeflight.org/jlf/begin...ners_corner.htm

http://users.erols.com/bmarches/ModelPlanes

http://www.ualberta.ca/~khorne/

http://www.geocities.com/modeldelisi/gladiator1.JPG
(1st half of D.McHard's gladiator plan)

http://www.geocities.com/modeldelisi/gladiator2.JPG
(2nd half of D.McHard's gladiator plan)

http://www.oxfordmodelflyingclub.co.uk/
(click on downloads)

http://membersites.namezero.com/stu...cs.com/id1.html

http://www.e-aeromodelismo.com.ar/Planos/Motorgoma.htm
(spanish site with a whole bunch of rubber plans)

http://www.geocities.com/billy8601/mygliders.html

http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanave...7165/index.html
(Mig 15 f/f plan)

http://peanut.scale.free.fr/sommaire_plans.htm

http://membres.lycos.fr/yannick/
(peanuts & a few pistachios)

http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanave...3692/plans.html


thermals,

Dennis

[Bob Smith]

Is there a moderator that can make this a sticky and put it at the top of the forum?

[sturmvogel]

One of the best sources of free flight "stuff" is Aerodyne, a small company in California. They offer Pollyspan, Esaki tissue, silkspan, great nitrate and butyrate dope (both tightening and nontightening), kits of all sorts, plans, balsa, engines, etc. Try them at <www.freeflightmodels.com/index.html> and check it out.
Bob Peterson

[FFlover]

There`s a whole bunch of f/f plans buried amongst the r/c ones at www.profili2.com

[Darcy]

My Web site:

www.Rubber-Power.com

This is for beginners.

[WarPoet]

A new video tutorial DVD is available, showing how to cover with tissue and how to chalk tissue. These workshops were produced by recognized master modelers - pretty darn good stuff. Available at http://www.smallflyingarts.com/ads/DVD_1a.htm

[Tony Oliver]

Following a post in 'Engines', I thought this may be of interest.

Quote : Right now the Cox webpage is shared with the Estes rocket webpage. Very soon, Cox will have it's own webpage with loads of new products.

Check back at www.coxmodels.com later this month.

Dave Redden
Cox Models

That sounds very encouraging!

Tony

[Ryan Archer]

the freeflight world champs site is www.argentina2005.com

[FFlover]

Here are some more downloadable plans,mainly peanuts + pistachios.

http://users.skynet.be/bk320752/Plans.htm


Dennis

[Tail Spin1]

We just opened an online hobby shop (http://www.tailspinaviation.com) specializing in free flight kits and supplies. We offer Beginners Kits, Sport and Scale Models, Warbirds, Helicopters, Ornithopters, White Wings kits as well as Building Supplies, Tools and Books. We also offer a tutorial on how to print decals on tissue paper.

Zachary Crawford
TailSpin Aviation (http://www.tailspinaviation.com)

[Les Horvath]

theres a lot of materials in this free flight and rc hobby.

right now i'm into peanuts, dime scale, stick models, ministicks,
ezb, and trying to convert those little cars into rx plane.

i've just been into this hobby for a little over 2 months and
the closest hobbyshop doesnt even sell rubber bands.
most of the materials I have came from local department stores
besides the balsa. So my first scale models were covered in walmart tissue. i bought guillows sheet models for the balsa wood. then i went to the hobbyshop and picked up some 20lb / ft^3 1/32 next time i took some scales. my first ministicks,peanuts and and ezb are made with wood from guillows jet stream wood
and the ezb covered with that tissue from walmart that looks like
polymicro. funny eh. it flies really well considering. i guess i have gained experience. now that i have learned a little there are so many things scattered out at different shops. where is the best place for getting 4-6lb wood , quality rubber, covering material, gears for pager motors and n20s, props for rubber and electric( i can make these but it would be nice to get some to compare the performance) lithium polymer batteries, micro recievers (for guided rubber powered planes in this forum of course), etc...

here are some places to buy materials that Paul Bradley turned me on to.


A very good source for rubber and props is Peck Polymers. You
will find their web site at http://www.peck-polymers.com.

Lone Star balsa has a web site and provides very good wood
at a fair price. You will find them at http://207.8.138.183/index.shtml.


here are my favorite free plans and howto places
I know they are covered in the free flight plans thread
but i'll post my favorites any way

http://pw1.netcom.com/~bradleyp/index.htm
http://www.thestuarts.freeserve.co.uk/index.htm
http://www.theplanpage.com
http://www.geocities.com/dmlivesay/
http://www.mindspring.com/~thayer5/modelhp.html
http://www.flyingacesclub.net/alamo/plans.htm
http://www.ualberta.ca/~khorne/
http://users.rcn.com/bmarches/
http://www.aeronutz.flyer.co.uk/
http://www.indoorduration.com/IndoorDurationFrame.htm
http://freeflight.org/jlf/beginners_corner/beginers_corner.htm
http://www.indoorfreeflight.com/
http://www.frontfly.com/index.htm
http://home.att.net/~dannysoar/home.htm
Can you help me out with the Makarov airfoil coordinates.
Thank you: Les

[Treetop]

http://www.turnertoys.com/G1/flying_model_airplanes.htm

[ya33a]

Hi,

I posted this in the DF jets section originally however I was asked to see if I could post it here too.

I'm not the designer and I haven't built one of these fantastic Jets yet, I've left the designers details on the plan so if it causes a problem I can delete the file, it was scanned from a RCM mag sometime ago.

[Jim Dean]

http://www.darehobby.com

[night fox]

:o my design ohlg , please try and maybe any idea for making better ?

[Tony Oliver]

People who attend f/f and indoor in the UK will know of John and Pauline Hook who run Flitehook - supplies for all those small kits, accessories and the best balsa selection.

They've now got a website! Find them at http://www.flitehook.net/

Tony

[speleopower]

My Yahoo! Group for Florida Indoor Freeflight
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FloridaIndoorFreeflight/

Scott

[nmasters]

Six flying wing designs by Al Backstrom
This page has a lot more files but there are just six planes. Each plan is available in 3 formats. PNG is the fastest to download but not very high resolution. The JPG files are high resolution scans of Al's articles. The DXF files are cad drawings.
http://www.b2streamlines.com/Backstrom/

[schrederman]

Anyone know of a source for D/T fuse or Tatone Timers?

Jack Womack

[Norm Furutani]

Anyone know of a source for D/T fuse or Tatone Timers?

Jack Womack

Try AeroDyne at: Correction! (http://www.freeflightmodels.com/index.html) just talked to Al Heinrich at the FF Champs. He said to use aerodyneal@aol.com


Campbell's Custom Models at: http://www.campbellscustomkits.com/ or

FAI Model Supply at: http://www.faimodelsupply.com/

I would recommend the larger Sig blue stripe fuse over the smaller red stripe if given a choice.

Tatone Timers or the similar KSB are no longer made, but some stock is still available.

New and better timers are available from: http://www.texastimers.com/

- Norm

[Applehoney]

>I would recommend the larger Sig blue stripe fuse over the smaller red stripe if given a choice.

A matter of choice. I've been using the British-made red stripe fuse for over 50 years and find it very reliable, and consistent in burn speed.

[mcgillicuddy]

I have a similar experience to Jim with the Red stripe fuse.
Wasaga

[flight999]

Like Jim, I swear by the red stripe.
I have some 50 y.o. red stripe that acts as
a neck cord for for an old stopwatch. Both still
work!! 90 sec. per division.

[mjblack]

Hi guys,

Just wanted you let you all know that REPLIKIT is back and with all the old keilkraft, veron, mercury, comet, skyleada, richard crossley and steve bage designs. The only difference is that we now own REPLIKIT and were not allowed to use teh keilkraft, mercury and veron names, so we have the RKK, RKVERO and RKMERC as the range. For example if you wanted a Keilkraft Eaglet you would get an RKK Eaglet.

Please visit www.replikit.com to view all these old kits available, not as print wood anymore but as either FULL LASER CUT KITS or SHORT LASER CUT KITS, i.e. plans and LASER CUT parts. This includes all the small flying scale, tru-flight ranges as full kits, most of the control line kits, gliders, rubber power and freeflight, more kits being added daily. You can also aquire hard copy plans and CD`s with 25 plans on each.

I hope that REPLIKIT will get the support that the original owners had so that we can bring these wonderfull kits back to you from our past.

Thank you for reading.

Best regards,

Mike.

M.J.Black M.D Green Air Designs Holdings

www.replikit.com
www.greenairdesigns.com
www.blackandwhitemodels.com

[oldpilot]

DOES anybody know what happened to REPLIKITS??

Their website has abruptly disappeared from the Net. ?

Am worried they may have been clobbered by Amerang, and been sued for reproducing Keil Kraft and Veron kits.

Amerang claim to be the sole holders of the copyright for these old company titles.

Cheers. Patrick. :cool: :) :D

[JetPlaneFlyer]

It's up and running now: http://www.replikit.com/

Perhaps it was just a temporary glitch with the server or some such hiccup?

[oldpilot]

Thanks JPF. Got it now.

Cheers. Patrick. :cool: :) :D

[mjblack]

Hi Guys,

Dont Ye Fret, and thanks for the concern, yeah we went off the air the other day, god only knows why, server was playing silly buggers.

But were here, christmas has been (so far) very very busy, got the whole team doing like 16 hour days to keep up, its wonderfull. It is truly heart warming to see the support f othese old proucts and us.

This is the other reason why we havntbeen doing the forum thing, just to busy!

Anyway, I hope everyone has a wonderfull xmas, adn look forward to a great new new year, perhap a little less bumpy than last years REPLIKIT/Green Air Designs ride.


regards to all.

Mike.

M.J.Black M.D Green Air Designs Holdings.

www.replikit.com
www.greenairdesigns.com
www.blackandwhie-models.com

[oldpilot]

Thanks Mike.

Very relieved to hear everything is OK.

All the best for Christmas and the New Year to You and all the Team.

Cheers. Patrick. ::cool: :) :D

[speleopower]

Does anyone know sources for CO2 motors?
Thanks-Scott

[Treetop]

Here are some:

http://blacksheepsquadron.com/index.html

http://search.ebay.com/co2-motor_W0QQfnuZ1QQfsooZ1QQfsopZ3QQxpufuZx

http://carlsonengineimports.net/products/co2.shtml

http://www.ktmarketing.com/cloud9price.html



info:
http://www.gasparin.cz/


I don't know anything about these folks though. tt

[oldpilot]

Glad to hear that the REPLI-KK "Ajax" Laser cut kit will be available again from the end of Jan :D

Cheers. Patrick. :cool: :) :D

[mjblack]

HI Guys,

If you pop to SAMS models or do a search for him.....i know hes got loads of CO2 stuff lol..cos i saw it the other day when i was there!

Ajax is no having a quick test of parts then were there..god willing....


PAtrick....I like your avatar......f-104 yeah?.....you every fancy building and flying a GAD depron one? as were about to release on in the next 28 days?

take it easy all

Best regards,

Mike.

[oldpilot]

New GAD F-104.!!!!!

Now yer Talkin'.

Cheers. Patrick. :cool: :) :D

[mjblack]

Hey Friend,

Im now doing the final touches to the files......so should ..god willling...have the proto built by tomorrow night.....

Our new Mig-21 realy pushed me to be honest....again no wings 18" span and flies on rails.....even slowly!....so i guess F-104 is th ebaby to continue on with...I hope1..lol

regards,

Mike.

[aeronca52]

nobodys mentioned it yet but www.easybuiltmodels.com lists their wholeproduct line along with pics of customer built models. some nice lookers there.

[freeflightguy]

A new site dedicated to electric free flight...micro,sport,contest and electric texaco.With discounts to AMA and NFFS members
check it out!
www.electricfreeflight.com

[jpan]

here are some webpages that have lists of suppliers etc

http://www.scaleaero.com/ffvenders.htm
http://www.gryffinaero.com/models/cotwgs.html
http://www.aeroaces.com/freeflightsupplies.htm
http://www.antiquemodeler.org/vendors.htm
http://freeflight.org/community/links.htm

some of these companies listed might have gone the way of the buffalo):
I suggest you call them or email them before you pay for a catalog with snail mail

[freeflightguy]

Here is one if your interested in electric free flight www.electricfreeflight.com Free shipping on all orders until 1/1-09. Also AMA and NFFS member receive a 10% discount
if you let them know you are a member when you order. and check out the new electric C/L page.

[freeflightguy]

Until midnight Dec 2008 Electric Free Flight .Com is offering free shipping on all orders
plus discounts to AMA and NFFS members.
www.electricfreeflight.com

[test3]

Here is my website (in french) http://www.microflight.be/. Lots of pictures, videos, plans, etc... More to Come. I host the official section of the french publication "Les cahiers du CERVIA".

[gossie]

Merci.

[A2ZTim]

A2Z Corp has released a new catalog of model airplane items. It includes our Peck Polymers, Indoor Model Supply, and Sting Aero. It is available for download from our online store at www.A2ZCorp.us/store

Tim
A2Z Corp
Peck Polymers, Indoor Model Supply, Sting Aero divisions

[C4X]

As recommended by a few FF fans, I have sourced drawings for this easy build glider that reportedly flys very well - Article (http://www.modelaircraft.org/membersonly/archive/searchform.asp)
You merely type "mini catapult" in the search field, full size plans are on pg. 4 of the article (which handily covers building steps).

*EDIT - Check the download (http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=996561) of this glider here in FF. I re-sized the plans to proper scale and packaged the whole article in PDF.

[flight999]

Thanks for that.

[Airboatflyingshp]

I havent the time to check its not been done before but this you may like, Free plans http://academodel.nsunet.ru/plans/Comet/

[freeflightguy]

Electric free flight.com has a 15% off the total amount of your order ....it's time to stock up for summer....They also have the NEW SIMPLE FF TIMER from Z-TRON in stock....Check it out!!!!!!!
www.electricfreeflight.com

[Airboatflyingshp]

CZ but Check :p this out plans http://www.mkvo.henrymaxim.cz/pictures/free/misc/misc.htm