Mine weighs 24 pounds with 1 and a half pounds being in the nose for balance. Mine flys like a *****cat. You have to watch the landings as a hard bounce will break the wing leading edge between the fuse and the wheel well. I reccomend running a pice of ply along the inside of the leading edge balsa from the center of the wing to just past the wheel well. Also beef up the landing gear mounts. Mine is almost 3 years old and has prolly 40 flights.