Britton, You could use a smaller servo for the throttle. I have one that is about 1/2 the weight. You could probably find a lighter RX battery that is NiMh. Also there is some triangle stock next to the firewall that you can screw the cowl screws into and leave off those 4 small blocks of work that are normally glued to the firewall. Also you can drill some holes in the landing gear legs to remove a little bit of aluminum. I did that to mine and haven't had them bend at all. I would like to get some aluminum LG bolts so if you get a line on them please let us know......[8D]