Apparently some people were better at coming up with airplane designs than they were at thinking of names for them.\u00a0 This one is the RCM Basic Bipe Mk II, not to be confused with the original RCM Basic Bipe that was published 3 months earlier.\u00a0\u00a0The plan has an unusual feature.\u00a0 There are 1\/8\u2033 birch dowel trailing edges in the wings, and 3\/16\u2033 birch dowels in the rudder and elevator hinge lines.\u00a0 My tail parts are cut so they will be the right size without adding the dowels, so you can use normal RC hinges.\u00a0 If you prefer to get funky and pretend it\u2019s 1977, you can attach the 3\/16\u2033 dowels and make hinges from heavy thread as shown on the plan.<\/p>\n
The plan shows foam core wings, but the kit includes ribs for balsa wings.\u00a0 Place a rib 1.75\u2033 from the root and then 2.5\u2033 apart to the tip.\u00a0 You can make a slanted tip as shown on the plan with a piece of triangle stock.\u00a0 Leading edges are 3\/8\u2033 thick balsa, the spars are 1\/4\u2033 square, and the trailing edge is 1\/4\u2033 wide.<\/p>\n
3\/16\u2033 balsa ailerons are included for the bottom wing.\u00a0 If you want to add ailerons on top, cut them just like the bottom ones.<\/p>\n
The only other thing I changed in this kit is the plywood parts.\u00a0 The wing struts are to be laminated by the builder from thinner layers because I can\u2019t cut 1\/4\u2033 plywood with a laser.<\/p>\n
These are just minor details.\u00a0 The overall result will be a plane that looks pretty much like the one in the picture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Apparently some people were better at coming up with airplane designs than they were at thinking of names for them.\u00a0 This one is the RCM Basic Bipe Mk II, not to be confused with the original RCM Basic Bipe that … Continue reading