Al Backstrom has graciously allowed B2Streamlines to archive several of his plan sets for free flight profile scale models of various tailless aircraft. Norman Masters went through Al's materials and created JPG images of the original construction articles, and also created DXF and PNG versions of the plans themselves. Because some of these construction articles appeared in European magazines, with different page dimensions than U.S. standards, the margins for the JPG reproductions may be tighter than usual .
In alphabetical order...
- The Arnoux Simplex, a tailless racer, circa 1922. Probably the fastest airplane of the time.
- Article JPG
- Plans JPG
- Article text
- Plans PNG
- Plans DXF
- The Backstrom WPB-1, although based on Al's earlier glider designs, was specifically created as a powered aircraft.
- Article JPG
- Article text
- Plans on single sheet DXF
- Plans on single sheet PNG
- Plans, left side PNG
- Plans, left side DXF
- Plans, right side PNG
- Plans, right side DXF
- Fauvel, a follower of Arnoux, designed his AV-10 with highly tapered wings.
- Article JPG
- Plans JPG
- Article text
- Plans PNG
- Plans DXF
- Al chose to model two Lippisch Deltas, the Delta 1 and Delta 3.
- Article JPG
- Plans JPG
- Article text
- Delta 1 plans PNG
- Delta 1 plans DXF
- Delta 3 plans PNG
- Delta 3 plans DXF
- Delta 1 and 3 plans PNG
- Delta 1 and 3 plans DXF
- A roadable airplane, the Waterman Aerobile features swept back wings.
- Article JPG
- Plans JPG
- Article text
- Plans PNG
- Plans DXF
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