Keeping it Light
Maybe I'm Freak............
However, in effort to keep the planes as light as possible, I have started weighing everything.
I bought Flip from buddy and it seemed more nose heavy than my other Flip's. Well, I really haven't looked inside the plane since I bolted the wing on, but on a recent trip I had to take the plane apArt, so I noticed all this foam under the tank.
Today I ripped it out, and all this foam kept comming out, so I weighed it and it blew my mind........2.3 onces, IN FOAM.
I replaced it with piece that weighed .2 onces.
I know I m always trying to loose weight, thats why I use lot of Velcro for mounting receivers nd batteries.
2 onces here, 2 ounces there, few ounces lost in un-needed wood, 3 ounces in lighter wheels, next thing you know, you lost over half pound.