Balsa Wood Biplane
1,784 swgrainger
5.0 years ago
It's been quite a while since I uploaded anything and was wondering what to build. Anyway, I fancied having a go at building a full size balsa model aircraft, so here it is. If you want to finish it off or cover it, then help youself :) Have fun flying it
Specifications
Spotlights
- Hypixel 5.0 years ago
- PlanesOfOld 5.0 years ago
- Aarons123 5.0 years ago
- Mustang51 5.0 years ago
- ThePrototype 5.0 years ago
- QuitePossiblyMangled 5.0 years ago
- Stormfur 5.0 years ago
General Characteristics
- Successors 2 airplane(s) +14 bonus
- Created On Mac
- Wingspan 59.8ft (18.2m)
- Length 44.8ft (13.7m)
- Height 14.9ft (4.6m)
- Empty Weight 3,039lbs (1,378kg)
- Loaded Weight 3,225lbs (1,463kg)
Performance
- Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.141
- Wing Loading 4.6lbs/ft2 (22.5kg/m2)
- Wing Area 698.6ft2 (64.9m2)
- Drag Points 7862
Parts
- Number of Parts 522
- Control Surfaces 5
- Performance Cost 1,467
@Mustang51 smh...
I am MUCHHHH Better than you, Pathetic mustang.
I SHOT DOWN MORE JAPANESE THAN THEY SHOT US DOWN!
You should skin this thing It would look awesome after taking some damage in a dogfight
@AerialFighterSnakes pretty sure he was being sarcastic
Will you people please stop saying that? This is clearly real. I have screenshots of it to prove it.@WarHawk95
0 wing=lift? HOWWWWWWWWWWWWW? Thats cool!
This can't be real. Biplanes don't exist.
This is the North Koreains Air Force main fighter
Looks a bit like an SE5a
@swgrainger yeah flying planes yourself is much more fun but it hasn’t stopped me collecting models like a madman hahaha. I did stop with building though. I tried to make my own designed models of balsa and foam board but it never works the way I hope
@Mustang51 Gave up building model planes years ago :) Prefer playing with real ones these days lol
@swgrainger that would be very cool to see! Do you build model planes too or just digitally?
@Mustang51 - Glad you enjoyed it! There's a company called Vintage Models and I based it on one of their plan sets. Hopefully, I'll get around to taking it a bit further one of these days :)
This is really cool! It feels so weird manoeuvring in one of these without any sort of fabric or canvas over it hahaha. I love all the detail you put into it. Also is it modeled after anything in particular?
make it fly
@ThePrototype Thanks for the comment. It was quite challenging getting all the parts in the right place. Have fun with it.
This is amazing, its very well done.