Hello Darren
I just recieved your pm and thought i would post a video on the thread. And as of your questions about the weight, the proto weight was 24 pounds. I have laid up a lighter kit for John and Lowell that will hopefully be flying at cali jets next month as well as a few kits available. I have lost about 2 pounds off the airframe layups and structure. I think John will be sticking some tamjets fans in this one set up with 6s per. Overall weight savings should be about 5 pounds putting it down in the 18 pound range. The reason why the proto plane was so heavy was because it had 6 pounds of battery in it and the layup schedule was a little overkill. The fan units with motors were 2 pounds each. No nose weight was needed. It was actually nose heavy and had to shift the batteries back. I wanted to set it up with some stumax fans but stumax never returned my email. Must be busy making fans. I would love to see the a10 fly with turbine. If you talk to John or Lowell, they were talking about a company that wanted to use the a10 for a test platform for some new turbines that they were coming out with. I think John was saying they are going to be in the $1700 range.

The A10 i am finishing up for next month has had a little cosmetic surgery. I am finishing up the molds for the new wheel nacelles which will be much more scale than the proto, new canopy shape, and new flap molds and flanges over the proto. More detailed parts will also be on it. Gotta work out the bugs. I do now know why not many kit the a10. Lot of molds and alot of work. But i will be doing a 1/7th scale next which will have a 100 inch span.

Thanks for your interest
chris
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enFOQiPFp84