Yeah, you better believe it! They were puttin some big honking gear in that sopwith. Way heavy! If you are into tripes, look at my 1/2 A DRI build along, its by no means a traditional build, but its light and it flies on a .049. Also, very important as everyone here has mentioned, the internal stuff can be soooooo much lighter. I use cirrus 4 channell RX's usually, why do you need six!!?? Bombs rockets and aerial photography!!?? Lets just get the X@$%G!f%$ thing in the air 1st. Little guys this size dont really need payloads. Little HS-55s or HS-88's (I dont recall which but I can check) servos are fine, and probably 1/5th the weight of a standard. Look around here and keep asking questions, we'll have you airborne before long.

THE ZZ.