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Old 02-02-2003 | 06:06 PM
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Tall Paul
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Default Aluminum instead of Balsa?

ALuminum planes are rare, but not unknown. For the wing area they are generally too heavily loaded in the usual model sizes.
As the size gets closer to full-scale, the weight penalty drops.
But a flyable aluminum plane would be so close in size to one that could carry a man, and be way too large for flying as a model, the time and money is better spent on the full-scale.