Despite some glue being used and having added sheeting to the fuse bottom, the fuse actually dropped in weight tonight! She went from the component 5.3 oz down to 5.2 oz. At this point, adding the 3 plates and the wing bottom pieces, I'm pretty confident that she'll end up sub 6 oz. The trick will be to make the wing fillets as light (small?) as possible. Epoxy and microballoons weighs.

With a 6 oz fuse + empennage and a 6 oz wing (glassed and bottom center added), it'll be a matter of seeing how much film covering will add to the 12 oz airframe weight. Again, in the spirit of keeping things low cost and simple, I decided to try out some Towerkote. From what Ican read into it, this stuff is identical to Ekonokote, if not simply a lower cost repackaging of it. All the colours Ineed are available.

All things considered, it's looking quite probable that I'll end up with a sub 30 oz flying model - again 28 would be ideal.

David.