Looks really nice Ed. The one I built was right around 17-17.5 pounds which seems to be about the norm. They fly great at that weight although I am a firm believer that it would not be too difficult to remove a pound or two from the design without working too hard. I think Mr. Ziroli was still stuck in the giant scale mind set when he designed this smaller model as it seems to be a lot more, shall we say "robust", then is really necessary.