After fitting the wing and throwing on the rubber bands, with an empty tank, the final build flight-ready weight is 6.5lbs.

After starting with this...



My lovely fiance holding my plane...





Few more on the ground...






CG was spot on without any weight shifting so I measured and lifted on my fingers again and measured and lifted again and it's balanced on both axis. Is this odd?

During the build I noticed that The left wing was a little heavy but seems the muffler on the right side of the plane helped balance out the plane on the lengthwise axis.

A big hearty thanks to Bruce and Ken and the others that helped me by posting in this thread with answers, suggestions and words of encouragement! Without your help this build would not have gone as well as it did.

Final total build time: 89 hours

Hope this thread helps another first time builder.

Time to get prepped for the maiden!

somegeek