RE: Royal Kits
Mintie, I love it! Mine was framed so long ago. I notice you have the scale spinner. I have that part also and think it makes a difference. I want to weigh my plane accurately. I put it cowl down on a lousy human scale and it came up around 7 lbs. without engine and radio. I'd actually expect something like that. I think Lukes Corsair of a similar size (and glassed) came out at 9.6 lbs. fully equiped, correct me if I'm wrong Luke(quite lite). My Zero all-up will probably be over ten pounds I'm guessing. At this scale I think choice of wood is more important than worrying about the glassing. Except for the spar I think Royals maybe are overbuilt (unless you sand it down skinny).