Sorrell HiPerBipe Short Kit
Sorrell HiPerBipe Short Kit
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$25.00 USD
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This model was selected for the 2023 Flying Aces Club One-Design to honor Pres Bruning. In 1977, Pres published a Peanut plan of the HiPerBipe and we chose to enlarge this to 18" span for the FAC event. You also get a copy of Pres' Peanut Plan!
This is not a difficult kit but comes with six laser-cut sheets (over 130 parts) of 1/16" balsa, plus a vacu-formed windscreen and spinner. The plan has been modified to strengthen structure on the larger model and it has proven to be robust enough for flying. The wide-body builds bigger than imagined and seems to help the model float in the glide.
Here is a trim flight taken in Muncie in September 2022:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXl7GZzvtak
ALL VOLARE KITS ARE MADE IN SMALL BATCHES. IF STOCK-ON-HAND IS ZERO, A NEW BATCH WILL BE PRODUCED SOON. SIMPLY ORDER ANYWAY AND WE WILL MAKE THEM.
This is not a difficult kit but comes with six laser-cut sheets (over 130 parts) of 1/16" balsa, plus a vacu-formed windscreen and spinner. The plan has been modified to strengthen structure on the larger model and it has proven to be robust enough for flying. The wide-body builds bigger than imagined and seems to help the model float in the glide.
Here is a trim flight taken in Muncie in September 2022:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXl7GZzvtak
Wing Span: | 18" |
Target Weight: | ~35 grams |
Prop: | 7" plastic |
Rubber: | 2 Loops of 1/8" |
Nose Bearing: | .047" Peck or Gizmo Geezer |
Shaft: | .047" |
Peg: | 1/8" Alum Tube |
ALL VOLARE KITS ARE MADE IN SMALL BATCHES. IF STOCK-ON-HAND IS ZERO, A NEW BATCH WILL BE PRODUCED SOON. SIMPLY ORDER ANYWAY AND WE WILL MAKE THEM.
# of laser cut Sheets? 6 Kit? Short Kit (Plans, vacu-formed Windscreen and Spinner, and Laser cut wood) Contest Winner? Not yet |