What people fail to realize is that even a few ounces can make an ENORMOUS difference in the way the planes fly. Anything you can do to reduce the wing loading is a benefit.

Case in point: I recently spent about 8 hours lightening my WM Extra 300s 1.20 to eliminate the tailweight that I added to get it to fly the way I wanted. To make a long story short, I removed some wood, shifted some things around and ended up reducing the weight of the plane by about 7 oz. It flies so much better that I was absolutely astonished. I can add MUCH more elevator now without the plane wanting to snap out and it improved ALL other flying characteristics as well. Much better slow flight, etc, etc, etc.

The whole time I was performing the mods I asked myself 'Self, is what you're doing worth the effort?'. After flying the plane I knew that it was.

EVERY OUNCE COUNTS!

-Tom