Question seems simple enought and I don,t see anyone telling him what to do, Actually quite an informative thread on a wide spectrum of techniques folks use. As for my balance beam being expensive naw, it just made the transition from selling peachs at the peach stand from the farm I was raised on to weighing airplanes.

I like the electronic linked for twenty bucks and may pick me up one also. Should be handy for weighing small bits for comparison. I do pay attention to weight some more than others and I don,t fly Pattern and recently retired from pylon but still fill my days with plenty of RC flying and I still fly controlline and I,ve never failed to improve an airplane by putting it on a diet.

Grey Beard I,ve looked at a number of the inexpensive fish scales (The kind with the direct compression spring) and even tried some But when the spring gets near the heavier side the accuracy seems to go out the window.

Actually you know the accuracy to true weight is really not that important but rather consistancy from a scale I think is the most important thing. This for making comparsons of components or before and after from repairs/modifications/Kit bashes.

John