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Old 11-20-2009, 12:31 AM   #8
Ramz
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Default Re: Pilot-RC 26% Yak 54

As I mentioned earlier, my goal was go get the all up dry weight to 10lbs or less. So, here is my setup:

Hitec 5955's on all flight surfaces using the stock Hitec arms.
HS 81 for the the throttle
Rhino 20C 2150mah lipo for the ignition and the servos
AR7000 receiver
Flightpower 8amp failsafe regulator
Standard Futaba switch (grabbed it out of the junk pile... )
Wike RC Ignition Battery Eliminator
Lightweight 3" Hobby City foam wheels
MPI 3/16 Titanium axles
12oz juice bottle for the fuel tank in conjunction with the Sullivan aluminum stopper kit
Hangar 9 fuel dot
JXF 19 x 8 prop
Used all of the supplied hardware except the servo control horns.

This is your typical ARF so their's nothing special about what goes where and such but like I mentioned, I wanted to keep it as light as possible (short of tearing the airframe apart). Here are some of the weights of the bare airframe components before lightening:

bare fuselage - 28.3oz

bare hatch - 7.6oz

left horizontal stab - 2.59oz

right horizontal stab - 2.7oz

rudder - 2.32oz

left wing - 15.2oz

right wing - 13.0oz (big difference in the 2 wings - had to add 1.5oz to the right wing in order to achieve a proper lateral balance)

carbon landing gear - 3.14oz

carbon wing tube - 2.8oz

carbon tail wheel assembly - .99oz

carbon tail tube - 0.65oz

stock axles - 0.76oz each with collars

stock wheels - 1.44oz each

stock fuel tank - 3.15oz

wheel pants - 1.67oz each

spinner - 1.85oz

cowl (uncut) - 8.2oz

As an aside, I measured the complete DL30 (ignition, muffler, standoffs, bolts, etc) and it came out to 41oz even.
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