Charlie, 40 lbs! Also, I am not sure if I was seeing it all correctly but it looked as if you really needed some throttle and speed to get off the ground. Beautiful Mustang though !
I weighed everything I can think of: all airframe parts, motor, muffler, spinner servos, retracts, valves, everything.... minus fuel... and my plane comes in at just under 26 lbs. This model was built in mid 2019, per the QC stickers on every part, so this is definitely an optimized molding. I will heed your advice and try to keep as much of my equipment fore of the wing tube. I will, however, be placing the retract air cylinder in the wing, already mounted up actually, it is secure, and nicely out of the way!
Pictures to come once I have more to show,
GM