Model Engine News Plans
Last update: October 5, 2009
This page contains links to copies of the model engine plan sets provided free to Model Engine News Members, and plans free to the public. First, the public ones:
Now the Members' only ones:
PMC IMP side-port diesel
Roy Clough's Little Dragon glow plug engine
Westbury Cygnet Royal radial air engine
Simplex 25 spark ignition engine
Micron 5cc fixed compression diesel
VEGA 30 5cc side-valve four-stroke glow engine
Black Mamba .049 glow
"Sparey" In-Line Twin
ACE 0.5cc diesel
David Andersen 1.0cc diesel
Members' BONUS!
Motor Boys Model Engine Plan Book
In 2000, The Motor Boys put together a compilation of plans as a book and arranged for it to be sold through the Academy of Model Aeronautics (AMA) under the stipulation that profits from sales go to the junior encouragement program. We have no numbers on sales, but in 2008, stocks finally ran out and despite requests from prospective buyers still being received, the AMA made a decision not to order another print run. As a special gift to MEN Members, the Motor Boys are pleased to make an updated edition of the MBI Plan Book available as a way of saying thanks for supporting the MEN website. The link will allow you to view or print the book. The plans have been licensed under a Creative Commons 3.0 "Some Rights Reserved" license. This means that you can pretty much do what you like with it, except:
- You cannot sell copies of the book, nor any part of it.
- You cannot change it, nor include it or any part of it in another work; it must stay whole and unaltered.
The edition on this disk contains all the updates listed on the MBI Book Update page as of the date listed at the head of this page. I hope you enjoy the engines we chose and build them for real, or even just in your head.
Hard copy prints of the other Motor Boy Plans are available for between US$15 and $35, depending on the number of sheets and complexity. This includes air mail postage to anywhere in the world.
Drop an email to enquiries@modelenginenews.org for details.