I would like to hear comentsfrom people about the weight of their ARFs before or after construction as compared to the weight of the ARF in magizine REVIEWS..( model airplane news rcm modeler etc.) I have 3 exam. below not to pick on model airplane news but they used the same motors and basic radio gears as I did.....MY befor construction weight is the least these planes could ever be ..it dose not include any glue changes in hardware..firewall..landing gear. pilots etc...it is basiclythe STD. kit with my motor radio gear battery etc not put together yet laid on the scale...( please no bathroom scales I use a digital gram scale i use on the farm )....my ready to fly weight includes all changes.. modification and balance needed for flight....

BF109 KYOSHO arf MODEL AIRPLANE REVIEW
before con.. ready to fly FEB 2002
2608 grams 2832 grams 2354 grams
91.9 % 99.8 % 83 %
NO RETRACTS RETRACTS YES


SPITFIRE KYOSHO arf MODEL AIRPLANE REVIEW
before con.. ready to fly NOV. 2000
2644 grams 2788 grams 2580 grams
93.2 % 98.3 % 91 %
NO RETRACTS RETRACTS YES


SHOESTRING ARF GREAT PLANES MODEL AIRPLANE REVIEW
before con... ready to fly JULY 2002
3489 grams 3688 grams 3232 grams
123% 130 % 114 %

AS you can see my weights where all a lot heavyer then the reviews ( please no coments about my scales they are tested every year.)....IN the 2 KYOSHO reviews they used retracts and they will add 4 to 5 % to the kit ( 2 hobbico retracts + futaba s136g servo = 143 grams )...in the bf109 review the fly weight was 83% with retracts ..my before con. weight was almost 92% and no retracts and my fly weight was 99.8 % WHAT WING DID HE CUT OFF TO GET THAT LOW OF WEIGHT.....IS SOMEONE LYING