Sorry Tazz I got caught up in the Hughes.net service outage and forgot about the forums. I went with the (nylon?) Du-Bro main gear, not sure on the tail wheel but most likely Sullivan. My LT40 is powered by an OS40 2 stroke which furnishes more than enough power for what I call "normal" flying.

I didn't weigh the plane but I wouls expect it to weigh the same or slightly less. I don't feel it's something you need to be concerned about. The plane, compred to my Senior Telemaster, is certainly not a floater but is not a difficlt plane to handle on takeoffs and landings. We fly off a dry lake bed in Nevada so it's not all that smooth however there is no excess of weaving on takeoff,,, it handles the conversion quite well.