RE: Composite-ARF Integral, kinda build thread
Well after a 13.5 hr round trip I brought my new Integral home. Never drive I95 on a rainy day. An 11 hr roundtrip became 13.5+ hrs real quick.<g>. This is a Dave Guerin assembled/built plane. Instead of the stock composite wings I had Dave make them out of the traditional balsa, foam and monokote. Also, the Bolly electric CF gear were used and an old pair of Temptation wheel pants so I could use bigger wheels in the grass. Here are some weight savings numbers:
Stock unfinished wing panels: 14.6oz and 14.7 oz
Balsa,foam monokoted wing panels: 10.9 ozs and 11.4 ozs (w/servos and linkages 12.6 ozs and 13.1 ozs)
Stock wing tube: 3 ozs
Bolly Wing Tube : 2 ozs
That's an easy 8 ozs of weight savings in the wing. I'm sure I may have picked up a couple of ozs of weight tops in the landing gear and wheel pants. The fuse appears to be reasonable in weight. I will have to weigh it when I get a chance. This will be a Hacker C50 13XL powered plane.