Mine is just the plain jane one I have no idea what the plane weighs but I would guess it is less than 25 lbs. I agree with you on the quiet issue it has the Johnson mufflers and it is reasonably quiet. I am just trying to stay ahead of the curve on the quiet issue. I don't think it will be long before everywhere we fly will have noise restrictions. I don't have a problem with the wood prop I think the CF ones look good. I put one on my YS 120 AC in a DP ultimate and it ran like a scalded dog. It liked the APC better for t-rolling though.