RE: BME Ultimate arrived!!!!!! Pics here...
I got the plane dry fitted together and placed all the parts, wheel pants, etc. that comes with the plane inside the fuse and weighed it all...
Just under 18 lbs...
My ZDZ 100NG with can, spiiner & prop will weigh 7 1/4 lbs
Add a lb for control surface servos and another for a lion battery system and you are at 27 1/4 lbs...
I'm guessing another lb for servo leads, throttle servo, fuel tank and the misc things...
So it ought to come in around 28 1/4 to 28 1/2 lbs...
It's got 2254 sq. in. of wing area so that's about: 29 oz. per sq. ft. not too shabby for a 37% aircarft.
The advertised weight of 26-27 lbs with a BME 110 seems right on target... s the ZDZ is a good lb heavier and I'm also using cans over the much lighter stock mufflers.
There is alot of opportunity for people to lighten the plane too...
Carbon fibre tailewheel would save 2 oz
carbon wingtubes (if available somewhere) maybe 8-10 oz
carbon spinner 4 oz
You could use a BME 110 with standard mufflers and save almost 2 lbs!!!
Doing all you could, I bet you could get it down to 25 1/4 lbs and under 26 oz. per foot.