SPAD To The Bone - Free Plans

Here they are, a vast and impressive collection of Spad plans devised and built by the originators of the Spad concept, and a few others chosen for your enjoyment. Before embarking on building your first Spad, please visit all other areas of our web site, and do as much research into the subject as you can stand before diving into the building process. Though extremely simple, there is a learning curve to Spad construction, so patience and practice are the key! After that, it will become second nature, and you'll wonder what all the fuss was about. Remember, these plans are FREE, and are offered as a courtesy, subject to your own personal modifications and adjustments. STTB does not make any guarantees of success. Also, please carefully read our disclaimer. Enjoy!

Picture	Name (Click for plans)	Type	Engine Used	Description
	BUHOR (Big Ugly Hell On Rails)	Trainer/Sport	TT Pro .46	Build with the dihedral wing for a great flying trainer, or with the straight wing for a nice Sunday afternoon sport plane...that is...if you can get over how ugly it is! Always going for the ultimate in simplicity, Tattoo used his favorite Spad airfoil on an aluminum "L" channel "Erector set" fuselage. All 4mm Coroplast. Four Channels (Aileron, Elevator, Rudder and Throttle).
	Buhor 25	Trainer	.25	Inspired by an old experiment Tattoo made to see if a .25 could fly a large Buhor-like Spad. Updated design and modifications by Chris (aka ChrisSpad). This makes an excellent .25 sized trainer with surprising power and performance, you'll be amazed!
	Ciggy Pack	Novelty/FunFly	Norvel .25	Joining the flying pizza box craze, Tattoo added some airfoil to a cigarette sign and came up with a great flying advertisement for a bad habit! All 4mm Coroplast and Canadian pipe. Three Channels (Ailerons, Elevator and Throttle).
	CoroCub	Scale/Sport	.40-.65	Jake Carter's fantastic Spad rendition of the most popular scale subject around, the Piper Cub.
	Coro Edge 540	Funfly	.40-.46	A 3D profile design brought to you by Chris. Combines amazing 3D abilities with great looks.
	CoroSpit	Scale/Combat	TT Pro .25	Tattoo's first entry into 2610 scale combat. Much more complex than his previous designs, but well worth the extra effort, resulting in a great performer! Great ideas here for building more complicated designs. Uses 2mm & 4mm Coroplast. Three Channels (Ailerons, Elevator and Throttle).
	CoroStang	Scale/Combat	Norvel .25	Tattoo's most popular 2610 scale combat plane. A great place to look for ideas when building more complex airplanes from Coroplast, including tapered wings and internal aileron torque tubes. Uses 2mm & 4mm Coroplast. Three Channels (Ailerons, Elevator and Throttle).
	Corrowot	Sport	.46-.53	The Corrowot is a good natured general sport model that would make a great second model after your basic trainer, despite its easy handling it is capable of most aerobatics. Although the Corrowot is simple to make it is not recomended for the beginner in SPAD construction. Corrowot information/instructions at www.spadcombat.co.uk
	Dagger	Combat	TT GP .42	Going for a cleaner look, Kraut flipped over the Dominator fuselage and the Dagger was created! Perfect for C-class combat! Uses 4mm Coroplast and American pipe. Three Channels (Ailerons, Elevator and Throttle).
	Dart	Combat	TT Pro .46	Tattoo decided to try a V-tail, and came up with the very successful Dart design. Still a favorite in C-class combat. Uses 4mm Coroplast and American pipe. Three Channels (Ailerons, Elevator and Throttle).
	Debonair	Trainer	OS .46 FX	Possibly the most popular Spad design ever! Inspired by Sassy after she crashed her LT-40, Tattoo stretched out the Dominator design into this classic trainer! Sassy soloed on the prototype the same day it was first test flown! Uses 4mm Coroplast and American pipe. Four Channels (Aileron, Elevator, Rudder and Throttle).
	Debut	Combat/Trainer	TT Pro .25	Seeing the need for a larger less twichy airplane for combat beginners, Tattoo designed the Debut as a pilot friendly B-Class combat trainer. Uses 2mm & 4mm Coroplast and Canadian pipe. Three Channels (Ailerons, Elevator and Throttle).
	Defender	Combat	TT Pro .25	Kraut folded Coroplast into a square fuselage, and the Defender came to life! Early B-class design that is very tough. Uses 4mm Coroplast and American pipe. Three Channels (Ailerons, Elevator and Throttle).
	Demon	Sport	TT GP .42	Taking the Dominator dimensions and simply putting the wing on the bottom, Kraut came up with the first Spad Low wing design! Uses 4mm Coroplast and American pipe. Four Channels (Aileron, Elevator, Rudder and Throttle).
	Derelict	Combat	Norvel .25	Kraut came up with the first real compeditive B-Class combat design with this one! It is also the first design to use 2mm Coroplast for wing construction. Very hot performer! Uses 2mm & 4mm Coroplast and Canadian pipe.Three Channels (Ailerons, Elevator and Throttle).
	Derringer	Combat	Mag .15 XL	Utilizing the lightweight Canadian gutter pipe and 2mm Coroplast wing, Kraut designed this A-Class combat plane as the little brother to his very successfull Derelict! Uses 2mm & 4mm Coroplast and Canadian pipe. Three Channels (Ailerons, Elevator and Throttle).
	Devastator	Combat	TT Pro .46	This is the Defender's .40 sized big brother. Very good ideas here for a simple lightweight Coroplast fuselage. Uses 4mm Coroplast and American pipe. Three Channels (Ailerons, Elevator and Throttle).
	Diamond Dust	Speed	.25 or .36	Delta
	Dogfighter	Combat	Mag .25 XL	The Dogfighter is possibly the most popular B-Class Spad combat plane with a beefed up 2mm/4mm combination for wing strength, as well as aluminum wing spar. Uses 2mm & 4mm Coroplast and Canadian pipe. Three Channels (Ailerons, Elevator and Throttle).
	Dominator	Sport/Combat	TT GP .42	After Tattoo came up with the first rib-free wing, Kraut flattened it out and created the first popular Spad design. Although designed for combat, local sport fliers added landing gear and proved that Spad was here to stay. Uses 4mm Coroplast and American pipe. Four Channels (Aileron, Elevator, Rudder and Throttle).
	DPS (DasPlasStick) DXF file	Sport/Combat	TT GP .42	Inspired by the success of the Dominator, Tattoo combined the 2mm/4mm Coroplast wing design, with the classic "stick" type tail, for this classic sport Spad with performance to spare! Uses 2mm & 4mm Coroplast and American pipe. Four Channels (Aileron, Elevator, Rudder and Throttle).
	Draco	Sport/Combat	.25-.36	Rudi Greyling brings you this menacing favorite, the Draco. A very simple, but well engineered and effective design. Go fast, turn hard, and glide like a trainer.
	Dynamo	Combat	TT Pro .25	Tattoo's first attempt at a smaller B-class combat design. Outdated design, but you still might get some ideas from it. Uses 4mm Coroplast and American pipe. Three Channels (Ailerons, Elevator and Throttle).
	ESPA3D	Electric Aerobatic park flyer	GWS ESP-350C 6.60:1	One page dimensional drawing of Kraut's entry into the world of electric airplanes! This two piece airplane is built from blue Fan-Fold house insulation and can perfrom radical aerobatics in a very small area, or even in a large indoor area! Four channels (Ailerons, Elevator, Rudder and Speed control).
	Flat Bat	Combat	Mag .28 XL	Tattoo's toughest and most compeditive B-Class Combat Spad, using a flat sided wiffle ball bat for it's fuselage. Slightly more complex than the gutter pipe fuselages to set up, but well worth it for survivability! Uses 2mm & 4mm Coroplast. Three Channels (Ailerons, Elevator and Throttle).
	Flipper	Sport/Speed	.25-.46	William Crane's (aka MrClean) legendary flying wing. It's a sickle flipped over, sort of.
	FNS (Friday Night Special)	Combat	Norvel .25	Searching for an even simpler B-Class combat plane, Tattoo tried a high dihedral rudder controled airplane. Don't let looks decieve you, this plane is fast and almost impossible for your opponents to catch! Uses 2mm & 4mm Coroplast and Canadian pipe. Three Channels (Rudder, Elevator, Throttle).
	FNS-15	Combat	Mag .15 XL	One page supplimental instructions to be used with the FNS plans for building the A-Class combat version. Spunky little devil that's a blast to fly! Uses 2mm & 4mm Coroplast and Canadian pipe. Three Channels (Rudder, Elevator, Throttle).
	FNS-40	Combat	TT pro .46	One page supplimental instructions to be used with the FNS plans for building the C-Class combat version. Looks tame, but this plane is fast, wild, and deadly. Tattoo's favorite C-Class combat plane! Uses 4mm Coroplast and American pipe. Three Channels (Rudder, Elevator, Throttle).
	GeeBeeQHOR	FunFly	Mag .28 XL	One page plans suppliment to be used with QHOR plans for building Sassy's GeeBee version. This airplane is incredibly stable! Aluminum "U" channel fuselage. All 4mm Coroplast. Four Channels (Aileron, Elevator, Rudder and Throttle).
	The "GetSome"	Sport/Combat	.15	Designed and built by Chuck "Chunky C" Meyers, this .15-size Sport/Combat design is incredibly aerobatic and agile, and will perform some impressive snaps, spins, and other maneuevers normally associated with bigger planes. Try one!
	Gnat	Combat	Mag .15 XL	Ultra simple A-class combat plane that is also RCCA SSC legal. Represented by Tattoo in a one page plan. Perfect for low impact "one design" and club combat. Uses an aluminum "U" channel fuselage and all 4mm Coroplast. Three channels (Ailerons, Elevator and Throttle).
	GPS (Gutter Pipe Scale)	Sport	TT GP .42	With the sporty look of the Demon, why not modify it slightly, and call it Gutterpipe scale! Supplimental information to be used with Demon plans. Uses 4mm Coroplast and American pipe. Four Channels (Aileron, Elevator, Rudder and Throttle).
	HOR (Hell On Rails)	Combat	Mag .15 XL	Tattoo's entry into SSC (Slow Survivable Combat). Simplicity at it's finest using an aluminum "L" channel fuselage and kitchen cutting board engine mount. Very stable "flies like it's on rails" performance. Uses 2mm & 4mm Coroplast. Three Channels (Ailerons, Elevator and Throttle).
	Mini-Pizza Box	Novelty	Mag .15 XL	As something fun to beat around with, Tattoo tried a .15 powered pizza box with an airfoiled wing. It actually flies pretty good for what goes into it! All 4mm Coroplast and Canadian pipe. Three Channels (Ailerons, Elevator and Throttle).
	Pizza Box Flyer	3D/Novelty	.15-?	Dave McDonald's excellent tutorial on building and flying the original PBF or Pizza Box Flyer. More fun than should be legal!
	PQHOR (Profile Quick Hell On Rails)	FunFly	Norvel .25	When Tattoo saw builders on the internet adding profile fuselages to their QHOR's, he had to try it too! Plans suppliment to be used with the QHOR plans to build Tattoo's profile version with larger control surfaces. Aluminum "U" channel fuselage. All 4mm Coroplast. Four Channels (Aileron, Elevator, Rudder and Throttle).
	PQPorsche	Novelty	GMS .47	Building from the PQHOR ideas, Kraut has turned the sky into a race track with this incredable version of a flying Porsche! Uses an aluminum "U" channel spine with 2mm and 4mm Coroplast. Four channels (Elevons, Rudder and Throttle). Plans and instructions by Norman McGuffey.
	QHOR (Quick Hell On Rails)	FunFly	Norvel .25	Tattoo came up with the ultimate in cheap simple fun with this airplane that requires no glue and has no spar! The "J" wing airfoil is perfect for harriers and other funfly maneuvers! With it's aluminum "U" channel fuselage, this plane is tough! It's been said that it "takes a dorking and keeps on torquing"! All 4mm Coroplast. Four Channels (Aileron, Elevator, Rudder and Throttle).
	QHOR-40	FunFly	TT GP .42	Plans suppliment to be used with the QHOR plans for building the 40 sized version. Aluminum "U" channel fuselage. All 4mm Coroplast. Four Channels (Aileron, Elevator, Rudder and Throttle).
	Sickle	Sport/Combat	.25-.36	Tim Tong's (aka Grim) legendary flying wing combat design. Fast, furious, and responsive.
	SPA3D	FunFly	GMS .47	Building from QHOR experience, Tattoo refined the "J" wing into a flat airfoil with incredable 3D performance! The SPA3D is quickly becoming the cheapest and most fun way to gain 3D experience before moving into more expensive aircraft. Aluminum "U" channel fuselage. All 4mm Coroplast. Four Channels (Aileron, Elevator, Rudder and Throttle).
	SPA3DT	FunFly	TT Pro .46	One page photo essay to be used with the SPA3D plans. If you don't mind a little extra work, Tatto will show you how he used a 1" square aluminum tube fuselage to turn the SPA3D into an even tougher 3D airplane! That's why he calls it a Tank! All 4mm Coroplast. Four Channels (Aileron, Elevator, Rudder and Throttle).
	Spad Extra	Sport/Funfly	.40.46	A Spad version of one of the best all-around Sport/3D kits ever made. It flies and looks just like it's balsa cousin. Designed and built by Arlie Conner.
	Spadet LC-40	Trainer	TT Pro .46	Kraut's masterpiece easily equals balsa wood trainers in looks, wing loading, and performance at a fraction of the cost and many times the survivability! Slightly more complex than the basic gutter pipe Spad, but the returns are well worth the effort! Uses 2mm & 4mm Coroplast and American pipe. Four Channels (Aileron, Elevator, Rudder and Throttle).
	SpadStang	Sport/Semi-scale	OS .61 FS	Driven by naysayers that all Spads are ugly, Kraut shocked the R/C world with his very docile flying, beautiful fun-scale P-51. If you are looking for ideas to recreate fine looking sport scale airplanes in plastic, don't miss this beauty! Uses 2mm & 4mm Coroplast and Canadian pipe. Four Channels (Aileron, Elevator, Rudder and Throttle).
	SpadStick	Sport	GMS .47	A true plastic craftsman, Kraut laid all doubts to rest that plastic can be used to recreate the looks and equal the performance of popular balsa airplanes, at a fraction of the cost and many time the durability! Uses 2mm & 4mm Coroplast and American pipe. Four Channels (Aileron, Elevator, Rudder and Throttle).
	SNM (Saturday Night Midget)	Combat	Mag .15 XL	Using the wing and fuselage of the Derringer, Tattoo put a conventional tail on it and came up with this A-Class combat design as the little brother to to the already very successful SNS. Uses 2mm & 4mm Coroplast and Canadian pipe.Three Channels (Ailerons, Elevator and Throttle).
	SNS (Saturday Night Special)	Combat	TT Pro .46	Combat in it's simplest form. Tattoo designed this airplane in haste on a Saturday night for a combat meet the following day. It flies so good, it was decided to add it to the web site. Uses 4mm Coroplast and Canadian or American pipe. Three Channels (Ailerons, Elevator and Throttle).
	SRR (Sassy's Rudder Rail)	Trainer/Combat	Fox .15 BB	Sassy's entry into SSC (Slow Survivable Combat). Using a conventional tail and stretched FNS wing on an aluminum "U" channel fuselage. Suprisingly tame and stable, this plane could easily be used as a low budget trainer. Uses 2mm & 4mm Coroplast. Three Channels (Rudder, Elevator, Throttle).
	Twin DPS	Sport	.30-.46	Designed and built by Craig Chastney, this is a twin version of the venerable DPS. It's easy to build, flies great, and there's nothing like that twin engine sound!
	UltraSpadStick	Big Gasser	Ryobi31cc	Kraut's gigantic gasser first flew on July 4, 2003, and fly it does! Big, beautiful, stable, and the sound of the 31cc Ryobi weedwacker engine makes this the most unbelievable Spad Original ever! Uses 2mm & 4mm Coroplast and PVC fence post. Five Channels (Ailerons, Elevator, Rudder, Throttle and Flaps).
Miscellaneous
	Spadworld Topic Forum	Internet Forum	N/A	This is where you can get all your questions answered, report the results of your experiments, show off your Spads, and make friends around the world! This is the main Spad hang out for beginners to the most experienced Spadders! Built by our friends Chris, Chuck (Chunky C) and Chuck (RCHawaii ) and maintained by Chris.
	FNS wing build Essay	Photo Essay	N/A	A picture is worth a thousand words, so Tattoo did up a real nice step by step photo essay on the wing he built for Sassy's .40 sized Friday Night Special.
	Mousse Can Mufflers	Photo Essay	N/A	Kraut shows us how he gets more power from his combat engines using a Mousse Can!
	Aileron Flutter Modification	Drawing	N/A	Are you experiencing control surface flutter? All it may take to remedy this is a trim job. Can be done right at the field with a knife or scissors.
	Coroplast Hinge Tool	Drawing	N/A	Do you want a simple tool to make hinging coroplast take seconds? This tool was designed by Curtice Nagel (Friend of Kraut and Tattoo) and makes hinging effortless!
	Aileron Neutral Setting	Drawing	N/A	The biggest error new Spadders make when setting up their planes is drooping ailerons! This drawing shows the difference!
	Free up stiff hinges	Photos	N/A	Do you have stiff hinges? This photo show three ways Kraut and Tattoo use to free them up.
	Cheap Axles	Drawing	N/A	Axles don't have to be complicated or expensive. Throw a wheel into your pocket (so you get the right size) and find what you need at the hardware store for pennies! That's what Kraut and Tattoo do!
	Toe-in for tail draggers	Drawing	N/A	Do you want to make sure your tail dragger tracks straight down the runway when you take off? Make sure you have toe-in in your landing gear! This drawing will show you how it works!
	Cutting out Kitchen cutting board engine mounts	Drawing	N/A	Have you ever wondered how to cut out the rectangles, in kitchen cutting board engine mounts, for your engine and throttle servo? Tattoo shows you how he does it!
	Making Iron Cross Stickers	Drawing	N/A	Would you like to know Kraut and Tattoo's simple method for making Iron Crosses? Here it is!
	Making Pushrods	Drawing	N/A	A good pushrod end could be the difference between a good day and a bad day! Here is how it's done!
	Tying leader string to streamer	Drawing	N/A	Ok, you've got your streamer and you've got your string and you're ready for combat! But how do you attach the string to the streamer? Here's how!
	BUHOR Tail wheel	Drawing	N/A	If you've seen the pictures, but still can't figure out how Tattoo installed the tail wheel on his BUHOR without using collars, this should clear things up!
	Alternate Servo Mount	Photos	N/A	Are your servos too big to fit into an aluminum "U" rail fuselage? Here is another way to mount them to your airplane.
	Simple Flight Box Click Here for actual photo	Drawing/Photo	N/A	Although they may have a tool box full of spare parts, tools and all kind of junk in their car, Kraut and Tattoo bring the simple necessities to the flightline with them. Here is the flightline box they use.

Trainers

These Spads are perfect for training, with flight characteristics equal to those of ARF trainers. Beginners, please enlist the help of a qualified instructor to help you build and learn to fly your Spad!

The Classics

Spad's first incarnations, which have one thing in common: Simple square gutterpipe fuselages with or without landing gear. Some of our most popular designs are found here!

.15 Size

.25 Size

.40 Size

Spads On Rails

Simple and durable, the alumnium rail fuselage is a great choice when PVC gutterpipe is hard to find, or even when it's not!

Scale

Here you will encounter fun-scale Spad warbirds guaranteed to turn heads at your field. The building requirements are more advanced, but well worth the effort.

Stick Series

The .40 size SpadStick, and the 1/4 scale UltraSpadStick, are masterpieces of Spad design and performance for you sport flying fans who crave a good looking model.

3D, FunFly and Novelty

With the introduction of the Qhor, and eventually the Spa3D and it's variants, Spad took the 3D world by storm.

Beyond STTB

Finally, some of the more popular non-original Spads, now offered here for your convenience.

Misc.

A few plans/diagrams of quick simple solutions to common Spad tasks. Some great tips are here.