Yes its much lighter without the turbine/fuel/extra battery. Mine was about 13 pounds. Thats still alot for a 1.08 to fly. It gets up and goes pretty fast but no vertical at all. Also a pusher prop is hard to come by. You have to get a big one and cut it down. The three blade composit from planes plus was about 70 bucks if memory serves. I put glow on mine to practice flying the delta, using speed brake, retracts ect.