True, the so-called wide body 2 meter designs may look too big to get pulled around by a mere 1.4 to 1.7 ci engine, but they are mostly comprised of air surrounded by a thin, light composite structure of some type. Nothing too fancy is needed for the most part. You can make a very light composite fuselage that is mostly a light balsa / fiberglass composite, with a small bit of carbon fiber and plywood for high stress and hard point areas. Good old balsa sheeted foam wings & tail are still a great way to make a light airplane, but you also find some nicely done composite wings. Suggest you check into Wistmodels and ZNLine. ZNLine has a new American importer now, Chris Moon at http://electric-f3a.com/ . For Wistmodel contact Ken Velez [email protected]

These days electric power is quite popular and growing fast, but 4C's like the YS 170 DZ and the new CDI version are still popular. Even a good 2C like an OS 140RX can pull a light 2M wide body like a Prestige (Wistmodel) with authority. From what I hear the ZNLine Xigris should come in very light as well. I have one on order.