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Default 79" Spacewalker versus 90" Astrohog ... What do ya think?

Stick Jammer;

I built this Hog via a trip to kinkos, and a delivery of a big box of wood sticks from Lone Star. It's 125% blow-up of the original 71" Astro Hog. This tail dragger has a take down wing tube,a perry pump, nelson glo-driver, redundant battery system, and Koverall with 7 tons of butyrate dope, spray primer, light spackle filler, and Rustoleum paint. I'm expecting it to finish up at about 17.5- 18 lbs dry. Add a 32oz.tank, and it won't be a light weight. April 12 was 1 year, and I'm still filling, sanding and priming! (Now you see why I'm switching to ARF's!) But I guess it's all worth it because I've made my mark in this hobby by improving greatly on the original design; It'll be the first Astro Hog that won't float past the runway! Still think the Moki is too much engine?

Paul Terry,
I'm surprised that the spacewalker isn't advertised as 83"instead of 79". It seems every other model I've owned, the manufacturer had the plastic wing caps figured into the advertised wing span.