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I decided to use the horizontal pieces of the S-Tee cabane assembly as the forward verticals on my Littlest BiStik since they already had holes drilled AND happened to be more or less exactly the required length Cabanes5.jpg After marking where the holes needed to be in the fuselage, I added some ex...

When I ordered the Littlest Stik kit with an extra wing, I told Doug my plans for it and he graciously included a set of S-Tee cabanes. After playing around with those for a bit, I realized that I would have to recreate the saddle pieces for the upper wing anyway so I set the S-Tee parts aside and d...

The kit came with 7/64" balsa. My LHS didn't have that so I had to use 3/32". Given the extra area, that will help offset some of the extra tail weight. Here are the new tail feathers in 3/32" with the lightening holes cut. I used a quarter for the holes on the horizontal stab, a nick...

Because I hadn't previously included the full-span trailing ailerons in the calculation, I had to revise my total wing area from 160in² to 170in². This new area measurement was used to create the new tail feathers, shown below with the kit originals on top for size comparison. At 29in², the horizont...

Given that this bird will have twice the wing area of the normal Littlest Stik kit, I confirmed that lower wing loading meant I didn't need to use all the shear webs, thereby saving precious weight. After I completed the first wing, Dale Womack suggested saving even more weight by fitting the shear ...

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Having completed the mods to the sides for an inverted fuselage, it's time to assemble. As with any project involving modification, I usually outsmart myself at least once and screw something up. Today I did it twice. Neither mistake was particularly bad but still annoying. Everything in place. Fort...

OK. so now we tackle the saddle for the lower wing. Here's where the Box-o-balsa-scrap shines. Sometimes being a packrat comes in handy. ;) Every conceivable shape and thickness just waiting to be used. 20240130_095115.jpg First we fit the odd angle 20240130_094627.jpg Then we cut/sand that flush an...

As a biplane, I have to invert the Littlest Stik fuselage as one would a Barnstormer to make it a low wing. The difference between the two is that the Littlest Stik has 5 degrees of downward thrust built into the shape of the fuselage sides whereas the Barnstormer does not. Therefore, an angle gauge...

After realizing the challenges of my other idea, I decided to pursue a project that I had actually prepared for - a biplane based upon the Littlest Stik. Last year at Fall S.M.A.L.L. I purchased a Littlest Stik kit and and extra wing kit for it. When I told Doug my plan for it, he included a set of ...