by taking off the bottom wing you will save waight and it will fly just as good if not better. The wings are only in place with tack glue and you can just pull on them and they will come out clean and if you don't like it like that you can put them right back in. The name of the game here is SAVE AS MUCH WAIGHT AS YOU CAN and it will fly that much faster and better. Just use and exacto knife and go slow and you will be fine. Just cut into it a bit at a time and then try and pull it apart if you need to cut into it a bit more then try and pull again. You can do it. I might buy another one for my girlfriend to fly and I will take pictures of how to do it. I got mine from walmart too but it was only $29.00