{"id":5636,"date":"2023-05-18T01:23:04","date_gmt":"2023-05-18T06:23:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.balsaworkbench.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=5636"},"modified":"2025-09-24T12:15:34","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T17:15:34","slug":"quickie-bipe-short-kit","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.balsaworkbench.com\/?product=quickie-bipe-short-kit","title":{"rendered":"Quickie Bipe Short Kit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s a 15 size three channel biplane to build over the weekend.\u00a0 The plan shows wings with a very large leading edge stick, full sheeting with 1\/16\u2033 balsa, and no spars.\u00a0 This is easy to build, but is kind of unusual, so I\u2019m providing the more conventional option of having ribs cut for 3\/16\u2033 square spars, 1\/4\u2033 balsa stick leading edge, and full sheeting.<\/p>\n<p>If you really want to get wild, go for option #3, which is intended for ailerons.\u00a0 Leading edge stick is 1\/4\u2033 balsa, spars are 3\/16\u2033 square, and the trailing edge stick is 3\/16\u2033 balsa.\u00a0 You add a 1\u2033 aileron.\u00a0 As long as we\u2019re considering options, let me know if you want ailerons on one wing or both so I can give you the right number of each kind of ribs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.balsaworkbench.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/quickieribs.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4909\" src=\"http:\/\/www.balsaworkbench.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/quickieribs.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 507px) 100vw, 507px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.balsaworkbench.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/quickieribs.jpg 507w, https:\/\/www.balsaworkbench.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/quickieribs-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.balsaworkbench.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/quickieribs-441x300.jpg 441w\" alt=\"quickieribs\" width=\"507\" height=\"345\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s a 15 size three channel biplane to build over the weekend.\u00a0 The plan shows wings with a very large leading edge stick, full sheeting with 1\/16\u2033 balsa, and no spars.\u00a0 This is easy to build, but is kind of &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.balsaworkbench.com\/?product=quickie-bipe-short-kit\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":4906,"template":"","meta":[],"product_cat":[34],"product_tag":[58,63,93],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.balsaworkbench.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/product\/5636"}],"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\/4906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.balsaworkbench.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.balsaworkbench.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fproduct_cat&post=5636"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.balsaworkbench.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fproduct_tag&post=5636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}