BME claim the plane is no more than 15.5 or 16lbs, but the plane comes out of the box with little hardware that came with it is 10lb 5oz, by the time you add engine , radio equiments, and the rest of the hardwares its going to be 17 +lbs. It's still a great flying plane, just a little dispointed of the weight. Maybe their scale only goes to 15.5lbs.