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Old 10-20-2006 | 12:11 AM
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Default RE: putting your plane on a diet

Especially concentrate on any metal parts in the tail, since removal here will allow weight to be taken out of nose as well. I make my control horns out of sheet phenolic and glue them into rudder & elevators (and ailerons too). An ounce from the tail saves another three in the nose. Still searching for a strong but light steerable tailwheel.