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FLY BABY BIPE

The Fly Baby Bipe is made of all-wood construction with typical stick-frame style. The wings incorporate the egg-crate rib and spar assembly. The tail section has bowed outlines for a strong light structure. It isn’t necessary to remove the Fly Baby’s wings for transport. Its one-piece design further simplifies the looks of the plane and keeps the weight down. For a park flyer biplane, it just doesn’t get much better than this!

The highly detailed plans contain a lot of assembly and cross-sectional views. A laser-cut short kit containing wood parts and a vacuum-formed plastic cowl and dummy continental engine is available from patscustom-models.com.

CONSTRUCTION

Take some time and study the plans before building. For a detailed step-by-step description of the process, go to . Build the vertical and horizontal stabilizers directly over the plans, then remove them from the board and sand to

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