Bryan,

Granted, people can't put your finish on a plane for the same weight, but you can't do that with Monokote either. There are guys though that are building wings as light as if not lighter than Monokote with paint. Mike Wingo has done it multiple times. His fuses are also comparable to the all monokote prototype fuse that Mike built and was 100% monokote. While not easy, and I certainly couldn't do it, but there are people who can put a nice reasonable finish on a plane at roughly the same weight.

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