Not a bad idea.

But, I WANT twin engines. I've only had 1 twin, and it lasted about 2 minutes--and then somebody turned on a TX in the pitts. SPLAT!!

I talked to Scott, and he's got a couple real small gassers that he's been working on. He said they would weigh 2lbs if I run them as a hybrid on glow/gas with no magneto and a glow plug. Thats cool--nice and light--but I'm trying to get away from glow fuel. Like Subarubrat said, "The less glow the better." I think Scott said his small weedies would weigh about 2.5 pounds with electronic ignition. Don't quote me on that.

Ralph mentioned his G23 engines, and I'm interested in those too.

I think with 87" wingspan and 13--14 pound flying weight, this plane will NOT be overloaded. I think it's going to be just fine. I've got aerobatic planes that weigh 16+ pounds with 87" wingspan and 1250squares. They will hover with a G62, and fly very light. I'll bet this plane has at least 1100squares. At 14 pounds, it should be fine. It could very well have 1200 or 1300 squares. I intend to contact them this week and get some info about the wing area.

I know that a couple 1.20 glow engines (remember, my altitude is pushing 5000') would be the lightest thing to do. But, thats no fun, and expensive to fly. Can you imagine the fuel bill to feed 2 x 1.20 glow engines? [:'(][:'(]

Gotta be gas, or not at all.

CMP just released a bARF Skymaster with 81" wing for around $225--$250. Thats cool for a couple 46-60 glow engines. But, it doesn't look like it has functional rudders.

I'd rather build a little bit bigger kit myself, and customize it to my taste. Probably cost me $500 for the airframe, but I still would rather build it than buy a smaller ARF.