Holy umm...err....stuff.

Wandered up to the LHS today, scale in hand :

Stock Landing Gear - 13 oz
CF "F3A Long" Gear - 4.2 oz

Stock Wing Tube - 8.1 oz
CF Wing Tube - 2.7 oz

For about $130, I'll drop 14.2 oz...dang near a pound. Pretty cost effective as well, especially given the $110 price for the kit.

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On a different note, I may have been hasty in my judgment of the ABS cowl. After doing just a bit of trimming, and taping the thing together, it looks downright usable. Going to spend some time this afternoon futzing with it, adding a lap joint, etc...see what i can come up with. But I have significantly higher hopes for it than I did.

Also plan on laying up the templates for the wing sheeting. I'll be documenting the wing sheeting process pretty thoroughly, since over the past year or so, I've come to use a "combination" of methods that, imo, works exceptionally well, is easy and quick, and produces absurdly light and strong wings. So, more to come on that.