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Links to Free Plans-
http://plans.am.free.fr/ Site is in french but it won't be hard to figure out ( the best spitfire plans!!!)
http://www.nefkom.net/elektroflug/download_e.htm - A page of links to other sites. Mostly free flight sport and scale but perhaps some could be used for conversions or scaled.
http://www.hobbys.com.br/plantas_zipadas.htm (spanish) - A collection of the same plans as found on
http://plans.rcmodell.hu/ . And maybe a new one or two?
http://plans.rcmodell.hu/ - Joe's Airplane Model Plans page. Lots of good stuff for everyone from small to big and trainers to scale.
http://www.theplanpage.com - Old historical model plans. Mostly rubber and gas free flight. Many would be good for electric conversions.
http://www.mat.uc.pt/~pedro/aeromodelismo/Planos.html (spanish)
http://meltingpot.fortunecity.com/li...os/planos.html (spanish) The site has the plans split into categories. It's easy to figure out where to go by just looking or trying out the options.
http://www.e-aeromodelismo.com.ar/Planos/Planos.htm (spanish) - a wide variety of nice plans. Some familiar and others unique to Europe. Split into categories. Everything from small free flight to big RC scale.
http://corsair.flugmodellbau.de/file...an/Bauplan.htm (german) another site that looks like it copied all the files from Joe's. But like many there may be a few new things from the locals.
http://my.pclink.com/~dfritzke/ - An eclectic collection of nostalgia RC plans mixed in with the odd bit of control line and free flight. It's an ever changing melange so drop by often and pickup anything you take a fancy to and save it since it may not be there the next time. Jr Falcon anyone?
http://www.tdmsoftware.com/majewski/...anrequest.html - a few plans from other sources re-done in CAD. You need to tell him a little about yourself to get the plan.
http://www.balsadust.net/thomas.vogel/Plans/ - Start on the left by clicking on the RC tag and follow through to get to the category you want. For the most part it seems to be another copy of the material I originally saw on Joe's site.
http://www.profili2.com/eng/default_plans.htm - a great collection. Some will be familiar from other sites but there's also a lot of unique stuff. Not organized by category so just wade through. MANY files to look at. There are thumbnails though so you don't need to download the file to see what it is.
http://www.parkjets.com - It's a busy webpage. The link to the free depron jet plans is about half way down the page on the left.
www.RippinFoamies.com - some nice indoor and outdoor depron foamies.
http://www.pldaniels.com/flying/index.html?page=plans - a couple of originals the site owner is sharing. Smaller sport designs.
http://www.willingtons.com/mymac/Plans_Download.htm - Some more copies of the stuff from Joe's site but with a good smattering of plans I have not seen anywhere else.
http://smoothair.rchomepage.com/plans.htm - Some interesting rubber scale models that may be useful as a basis for RC combat plans or light electric conversions.
http://agert.homelinux.org/~fredrik/flyg/ritningar - another appearance of the regulars along with a few that look to be from somewhere else. Well worth checking out.
http://plans.aerofred.com - a pretty good site but requires registration to gain entry. It's well worth it though if you're a planaholic. A lot of the usual common stuff but a lot of plans not seen elsewhere
http://ironelephant.blogspot.com/ - omostly old timer scale rubber models but one gas Great Lakes. The rubber models would be good for scaling into lightweight electrics or for the outlines.
http://borgpics.ulmb.com/Files/RC%20Plans/index.html - a few different options along with things like field boxes, benches, test stands, etc.
http://www.starcadplans.net/ - One of the oldest plans sites out there. He now requires registration to gain entry but StarCAD has some plans you won't find elsewhere. Worth the effort.
WARNING- This site requires registration
http://freercplans.com/ - I didn't register but it seems to have a good variety of plans avaiable.
http://www.onerateads.com/RC-520.htm - A page of links. No real plans but there's some CAD building blocks that may be useful and links to a lot of other interesting stuff.
http://cineastv.forumeiros.com/banco...a-mil-t706.htm It's in Portuguese or Spanish but it's pretty simple to figure out what to do. Some familiar from above and some new.
http://aviationshoppe.com/airplane_p...ls.php?file=17 Lots of CAD files instead of simply images. - added 2012/03/27
http://www.mnbigbirds.com/Andersen%20Plans.htm Dave Anderson has graciously posted his plans for free for a lot of superb big scale jobs. -added 2013/08/30
An nice 2m span Turbo Porter plan by our own member Bo Denmark- EDITED 26-08-20 Original link is dead. But the plan is available at Aerofred. It is the first design on the page this link takes you to..
https://aerofred.com/search.php?sear...20PC6%20Porter
A site with a lot of vintage Free Flight sport and scale models that would adapt very neatly to RC electric power. Up over 5000 plans of all types at this point.
www.outerzone.co.uk
NEW SITE added Jan 2016. A site with a number of medium to larger "cut and fold" scale designs made from foam board and possibly adaptable to Depron. If scaled down smaller copies in dollar store foam board could be done as well.
http://rcfbaircraft.my-free.website/
Full size aircraft 3views and drawings-
http://www.airwar.ru/other/drawe.html
http://www.vought.com/heritage/html/down.html
http://www.seawings.co.uk/planspage.htm - Some nice drawings of all flying boats and seaplanes. Good stuff!
http://www.the-blueprints.com/blueprints/ - This site has a number of bitmaps available for viewing at reduced size or you can become a member and download the full resolution drawings. The 3views for aircraft are all just simple 3 views for the ones I checked out but if you're casually looking for a new subject to model it's a good first glance at what a lot of oddball aircraft look like. In particular they have a very good collection of WW1 drawings.
Printing assistance software options-
http://www.blackflight.com/ - Tileprint
MORE TOOLS AND GOOD STUFF IN PART 2 BELOW!