My second aircraft happened to be a bipe, a Box Fly 20 from Pilot. It was a very simple biplane powered by a .25 engine and it flew very well since it was light and had a lot of wing area. However, I do not recommend an Ultimate, Skybolt or even a Hog Bipe as a second aircraft. Bipe flying is not difficult but it takes some experience. Orientation may be a problem for the novice.

Adding weight to a monoplane in order to mimic the behavior of a bipe as somebody suggested in an earlier post is not the way to go. The main difference between a mono- and a biplane is that the latter has a much worse lift to drag ratio, i.e., a lot more drag compared to the monoplane. The wing loading however is often quite low. Adding weight to a monoplane does not significantly alter the lift to drag ratio, instead it increases the wing loading and thus the stall speed.

Landing a bipe is quit simple, in fact it is often simpler than landing a monoplane because the bipe has a rather steep approach, i.e., it does not "float". The one rule one has to obey is to maintain airspeed. Do this by keeping the nose down and one can let the engien run at idle speed without stalling the aircraft.