ORIGINAL: ampeater
Still a few little things to go, but I had to deliver it this weekend, so I'll finish them up later: windscreen, pilots, exhaust. But this i how she came out. 5 pounds even without the battery.
Outstanding!!! She really came out nice.
Flying - if yours is anything like mine, she takes a bit more room than you'd think to get off the ground and you definitely don't want to land dead-stick (happens to me every once in awhile - she's certainly no glider) very often. Other than that, she's a lot of fun to fly - VERY "scale" in nearly everything she does but at slightly more than "scale" speed.
Mine's a fair amount heavier than I think is proper (7.5+ lbs ready to fly) but she was built a long time ago. Yours is closer to what's right for this design - will probably fly a whole lot better. One day I'd love to find a NIB kit and build another - but with today's methods, like yours is.
Well done!You're going to love her in the air.
Dave