ORIGINAL: capthis
I bought mine today from the local hobby shop and got started by weighing everything in the box.
Everything is in ozs.
Fuse 11.89
Fin/Rudd 2.15
Stab/Ele 3.08
Canopy 7.79
W Tube 3.23
Cowl 4.27
Gear 6.54
Motor Mount 2.75
Hardware 2.97
Misc ply .50
Wheels/tailwheel 3.13
Spinner 1.67
Wheel pants 3.57
Total 53.54 ozs. (3.35lbs)
Now I don't plan on using the wheel pants or the spinner so minus them it's 48.3 ozs (3.02lbs)
The first thing I did was lighten the canopy. That brought the weight down from 7.79oz to 4.66ozs. A savings of 3.13 ozs. Well worth the effort.
So my kit componenets weigh 2lbs 13.28ozs. Pretty decent I would say for an arf.
The pics of the canopy mods below.
Will be using a Saito 1.25.
My fuselage & canopy weigh 2 lbs 2 oz!! Must be made out of oak as your fuse & canopy seem to be about 20oz vs 34 oz for mine.[>:] Even though the rest of my component weights are close to yours, I am not happy about the almost extra 1 lb fuselage I have.