Hey Clink!
WoW long time no see!
My post of being real nose heavy was a GOOD thing! With this style plane having a tail sooo far back.....I was very worried how much nose lead it was going to take to balance plane. (I believe Art's was around 7#'s)
I can always remove the weight upfront to balance the plane with no lead. With the exception of the 1/2 scale ....none of my planes has had nose lead in them.......

I will admit .....at first glance I had concerns very similar to yours and maybe some others about the weight and materials being used. That was all put to rest when I put the airplane togeather and FINALLY relized
how big this airplane really is! LOL! And finally when I found that the plane should be built under 35#s ......Very happy and I agree with Larry.... "there is not a single piece of wood in this airframe that is not
required for a light weight yet structurally sound airframe. "

Good to hear from you Billy...
Dont worry.......... I will give you the sticks.....then you will be able to see 1st hand if she flys heavy......but I think you will be pleasently suprised

HPA