Written by Robert Dance. Build your own Short Wing Piper Featured in the October 2013 issue of Model Aviation. Download free plans of the Piper Pacer.The full-scale Piper Pacer appeared in 1949 and falls into the Short Wing Pipers category which started with the Piper Vagabond in 1948, and continued with the Clipper, Pacer, Tri-Pacer, and Colt. They are referred to as Short Wings because Piper deleted three feet from root of the basic Cub wing, giving these aircraft a 29.3-foot wingspan. The Pacer was the most handsome of these Short Wings, although the Vagabond has the cute charisma of a…