Bookeeping...

last I weighed the airframe it stood at 11 oz even (6 oz wing, 5 oz fuse/empennage) - nice!

After I installed the assorted radio, battery, esc and support plates an even 10 oz were added bringing the weight to 21 oz. Wing fillets, wing fuse section, firewall and motor (71 g = 2.5 oz) installation as well as linkages will likely add another 5 oz max leaving me with a 26 oz AUW model prior to covering.

Question is, how much weight will be added by the covering?I'll make a final decision on what covering to use based on the final uncovered AUW figure. I'm inclined to go with the cheapest solution of all - Monokote. Why? Because it's sitting rolled up beside the bench!

Trim scheme will be simple and classic...

David.

P.S. Ishould mention that the ESC that Imounted in my weighed measurements is actually a CC TB54A ESC (1.3 oz) rather than the 36A (0.7 oz) which is all that's needed. The weight savings would be of 0.5 oz - it all counts!