Yup, i know on the weight. That much really makes a difference. ......I got to looking at the batteries i am using on the glow system. Way overkill on capacity by using two of them. 4200 milamp nimh and 2.33 ozs. The specs show a discharge capacity. of 30 amps. Wow. Should be ok to ditch one of them i would think. Both plugs shouldn't draw more than 2 amps. My cg will creep a little forward, but i can be rid of two and a third ozs. As far as the rest of the glow sys, i don't have a dedicated servo. Just a bellcrank, a couple micro switches,wires and plugs . Shouldn't weigh more than a couple ozs. Just a fat girl is the bottom line. Lol, the specs for the hog call for a build weight of 7 to 8 pounds. To come in at 7 would require one of Daddyo's extremely light Uproar builds with just a rock in the nose and a sailplane highstart for power it looks to me. One line of thought i am considering is going with a lighter battery pack of some type and putting a hatch in the tail. My cg is presently around 28-29 %. The 6v hump pack i am running weighs 5 ozs and it is located just forward of F-4. http://www.onlybatterypacks.com/show...ItemID=10429.7 might would work, but would only save 1 oz. Hardly worth the effort it looks to me.

I understand your concern about the gear. I am running the 789 Dubro and I swear it looked like the wheel pants were almost touching the bottom of the wing on some of my 'arrivals' The wheel pants are hanging in there, but i have been rough on them. As a note to anyone thinking of building this (or any other kit with pants), i suggest running steel axles and landing them in a plate mounted on the outside of the pants. Increases the strength of the assembly tremendously . Without this, i imagine the pants would have already been in the garbage can because of runway belly flops.

Repost of glow setup attached