{"id":5493,"date":"2023-05-16T14:44:35","date_gmt":"2023-05-16T19:44:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.balsaworkbench.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=5493"},"modified":"2025-09-24T14:21:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T19:21:14","slug":"great-planes-trainer-40-short-kit","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.balsaworkbench.com\/?product=great-planes-trainer-40-short-kit","title":{"rendered":"Great Planes Trainer 40 Short Kit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is the popular advanced trainer that was sold by Great Planes. Span is 59 inches. It is similar to the RCM Trainer Jr. Both planes have a thick symmetrical airfoil and are essentially a high wing version of the Kaos with constant chord wing. The major difference is that the RCM version has a single elevator, but the Great Planes version has split elevators. Because of this detail, the Great Planes version is easier to convert to tail wheel configuration.<\/p>\n<p>Download the Great Planes Trainer 40 kit plan, not the later redrawn CAD plan, which has inaccurate dimensions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the popular advanced trainer that was sold by Great Planes. Span is 59 inches. It is similar to the RCM Trainer Jr. Both planes have a thick symmetrical airfoil and are essentially a high wing version of the &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.balsaworkbench.com\/?product=great-planes-trainer-40-short-kit\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3077,"template":"","meta":[],"product_cat":[37],"product_tag":[82,62],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.balsaworkbench.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/product\/5493"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.balsaworkbench.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.balsaworkbench.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.balsaworkbench.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.balsaworkbench.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.balsaworkbench.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fproduct_cat&post=5493"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.balsaworkbench.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fproduct_tag&post=5493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}