{"id":5620,"date":"2023-05-18T00:34:31","date_gmt":"2023-05-18T05:34:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.balsaworkbench.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=5620"},"modified":"2025-09-24T12:21:26","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T17:21:26","slug":"new-era-ii-short-kit","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.balsaworkbench.com\/?product=new-era-ii-short-kit","title":{"rendered":"New Era II Short Kit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The construction article for the New Era II says it\u2019s a 40 size replica of the original New Era, only larger.\u00a0 But that doesn\u2019t mean that it is like the other New Era kit on my kit list, which is the New Era III.\u00a0 For those who aren\u2019t hip to the New Era story, here are the highlights:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>New Era I is the original 20 size plane with sheet spars.<\/li>\n<li>New Era II is the upsized version for 40 size engines.\u00a0 It was designed with foam wings.<\/li>\n<li>New Era III is an update of the New Era in the original 20 size, with modern top and bottom stick spars.<\/li>\n<li>New Era III Revisited is the exact same thing as the New Era III, except the nose is lengthened and the aileron bell cranks are replaced with flexible nylon tube push rods.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The wing ribs and wing tips in my New Era II kit roughly follow the pattern of the New Era III.\u00a0 The ribs are sized for 3\/32 balsa sheeting.\u00a0 The rest of the plane is pretty much like the plan.\u00a0 Landing gear blocks are 3\/8 x 3\/4.<\/p>\n<p>Tell me if you\u2019re building it with a nose wheel or a tail wheel, and I\u2019ll send you the correct ribs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The construction article for the New Era II says it\u2019s a 40 size replica of the original New Era, only larger.\u00a0 But that doesn\u2019t mean that it is like the other New Era kit on my kit list, which is &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.balsaworkbench.com\/?product=new-era-ii-short-kit\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":5120,"template":"","meta":[],"product_cat":[34],"product_tag":[92,88,65],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.balsaworkbench.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/product\/5620"}],"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\/5120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.balsaworkbench.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.balsaworkbench.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fproduct_cat&post=5620"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.balsaworkbench.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fproduct_tag&post=5620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}