CALLING OUT THE LIGHTWEIGHTS

[WangoTango]

	Quote: Originally Posted by shyte
	Been an hour already. Must have made SOME progress by now. How about some pics

Just got home! I'll go get the camera and put them on here in a bit.
WT

[flying skunks]

her are two light weights , the red Laser is a 35% Laser that weighs 21lbs with fuel , and the Extra in the background is a 40% Extra 300 that weighs 37 lbs , that is with Greeves pipes ....
Love the Light weight planes .........

[greg e]

	Quote: Originally Posted by MikeC3D
	WT..yep thats the one, its blue and yellow though. It was a friend of mine that was trying to off load it, cause he would've never done anything with it and it was just in his way. He was about to toss it and said just come get it.....It was built by an older gentleman here locally many years ago, very knowledgable, friendly man always at the field or hobby shop and goes out of his way to be nice and/or help someone, so it actually has a little bit of history behind it right here. I could'nt bare to see it tossed away... Also there is an old 1/3 scale laser that has some history behind it as well in a buddies attic that I will be getting this summer, it needs some work on the firewall from a deadstick many years ago. I will fix it and fly that one one day.

Yeah I might know that guy that gave you that spacewalker he is a cool dude lol. I get to fly it if and when it gets done that is the rule of you getting it and yes Bill Frye did a very nice job of building it and he is a awsome guy as well. Bob has taken a lot of his time to help us all to understand his madness to the myth of planes flying better with out all the extra weight and making them safe as well. I know there is a lot of diffrent thought about lightened planes but that also depends on what you like. But I know from what I have seen weight is not always a good thing but I guess it depends on what you fly just my thoughts.

[mike chandley]

[flying skunks]

here is a pic of the plane that I built for my 8yr old son , will end up with an auw of 35lbs....

[Geno]

	Quote: Originally Posted by bodywerks
	Here's some of my lightening techniques. Key notes are how I lighten a fuse without removing any covering or redesigning anything, and My use of balsa for engine standoffs as well as T-nuts and titanium fasteners instead of fender washers and locknuts, etc., etc., etc. http://www.flyinggiants.com/forums/f...-260-diet.html

Bodywerks, i used alot of your techniques on my AW 100cc yak. Helped out alot. Have learned alot, its awesome to see what other guys are doing. It has changed me, now im always trying to find a way to save weight. Awesome thread MikeC3D

Geno

[sensei]

Looks like this is going to be a good one buddy.

Bob

[MikeC3D]

Sweet guys....This was my only intention, to help get the info out there, and to really see/show just how many of you are actually conscious of the problems of heavier planes and the steps you take to make this hobby more enjoyable and rewarding. Looks to be a hit..thanks Bob.

[MikeC3D]

	Quote: Originally Posted by flying skunks
	here is a pic of the plane that I built for my 8yr old son , will end up with an auw of 35lbs....

Very nice Donnie...he's 8 huh? My 8 yr old laughs at us and calls us the airplane geeks...
The 14 yr old is too busy with you know what.....:Banane20:

[mike chandley]

	Quote: Originally Posted by flying skunks
	here is a pic of the plane that I built for my 8yr old son , will end up with an auw of 35lbs....

Johnathan is a joy to watch as most of the young guns. Seeing the future of this hobby is in there hands its great to see parents like Donnie and Lou who share the hobby with their children.
My daughter I hope will return one day, I bet when she does it will be with my grandkids.

[Windecker]

My Carden 126 300 came in pretty good, it was not a 300 on a diet or anything, much more can be done but here is the link to the build: http://www.flyinggiants.com/forums/f...ld-thread.html 37 lbs 11.5 ounces with DA-170 and RE-3
I sort of do a cross between maintenance free and lite in my builds.
Some of these super lite planes are very impressive! Like to see them fly sometime. Thanks for the thread.
Will

[greg e]

Now Mike let's see what you do with the space walker I know it was heavy let's see how light it can get and see how it flys afterwards I remember it was heavy on the sticks before.

[MikeC3D]

One day Greg, its not high on the priority list right now....lol. Besides I gotta help get Drew in the air first.

[gapple12]

	Quote: Originally Posted by MikeC3D
	One day Greg, its not high on the priority list right now....lol. Besides I gotta help get Drew in the air first.

[flying skunks]

	Quote: Originally Posted by MikeC3D
	Very nice Donnie...he's 8 huh? My 8 yr old laughs at us and calls us the airplane geeks... The 14 yr old is too busy with you know what.....:Banane20:

my 8yr old enjoys putting his Dad to shame ............ but I do love it ...........