{"id":7777,"date":"2025-09-03T12:56:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T17:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.balsaworkbench.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=7777"},"modified":"2026-03-20T10:02:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T15:02:19","slug":"simpleton-40-biplane-full-kit","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.balsaworkbench.com\/?product=simpleton-40-biplane-full-kit","title":{"rendered":"Simpleton 40 Biplane full kit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Simpleton Biplane, for those who learned to fly foamies and ARFs and now want to try building a balsa airplane.<\/p>\n<p>Features:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Convenient 47 inch span that fits in the back of a car<\/li>\n<li>Can use any 40 size engine you have lying around<\/li>\n<li>Pre-cut plywood cabanes that you can\u2019t screw up<\/li>\n<li>Square fuselage with no cowling or canopy<\/li>\n<li>Sporty look in spite of being square<\/li>\n<li>Bottom-only ailerons with wing-mounted servos<\/li>\n<li>Paper plan, sticks, sheet wood, and hardware included in kit<\/li>\n<li>It flies great!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You may have heard that balsa flies better, and that building is as much fun as flying. If you think you can hack it, take a whack at it. This project will get you going in the right direction.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.balsaworkbench.com\/?page_id=7394\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The construction manual is posted online.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Simpleton 40 is a lot of fun even if you already know how to build.\u00a0 You could probably throw it together over a weekend.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to buy but it&#8217;s out of stock, send an email and I&#8217;ll make more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Simpleton Biplane, for those who learned to fly foamies and ARFs and now want to try building a balsa airplane. Features: Convenient 47 inch span that fits in the back of a car Can use any 40 size engine &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.balsaworkbench.com\/?product=simpleton-40-biplane-full-kit\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":6350,"template":"","meta":[],"product_cat":[81],"product_tag":[58,63],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.balsaworkbench.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/product\/7777"}],"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\/6350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.balsaworkbench.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.balsaworkbench.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fproduct_cat&post=7777"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.balsaworkbench.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fproduct_tag&post=7777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}