The SSE are robust and still perform very well on the heavy side. But any plane will fly better with some weight removed from it. I personally wouldn't start at the airframe (just watch out for excessive glue, and only use epoxy where it is recomemded) That OS 55AX is great engine for this plane (IMHO) and I wouldn't change that for this reason. However, your radio gear could go an a diet. Get some Hitec 225 servos, MG or/and BB is up to you. These are pretty affordable and a lot lighter than your standard set up now. If you're using a standard battery pack, you might want to consider investing in two smaller packs and change them at the field when you're half way though your flying day. Since the radio bay in the fuse is so easy to get into via the hatch, I omit the use of a radio switch as well. But I did this mainly because I have had switches fail before. There is also some carbon fiber landing gear available that would also do the job, and look pretty nice as well, I also found some carbon fiber wheel pants as well, sorry I cant remember where I got the landing gear and pants from though..

Please post more picks of the SSE fleet you're creating


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