as for a lightweight AA, i took one of mine and cut out most of the insides of the wings wing, leaving just a skeleton of foam, and covered it with tissue. also replaced the tail boom with some .030 CF, 1/32" balsa tail feathers, and trimmed as much foam from the inside of the fuse as possible. that along with other simple things like removing the switch, the charging diode, electrolytic cap, and other little things, my weight was just over 15 grams. ironically, i dont think i even tried to fly it

Micro, if you get a chance, please post a pic of the lightened AA. Especially the RX mods.

I've been working on a balsa/tissue AA powered "walking speed" plane with 180 square inch wing. But the RX's keep failing. One becuase I could not repair a motor wire to RX connection. The other two just had one motor stop working (motors test OK). So, I may just lighten the AA and attach this large wing, but I'm afraid of even looking at the RX.

Kevin