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<DIV>Matt, I understand. You called yours Miss FatStuff, my quickly picked
up the nickname Miss Piggy during construction..... However, after the
terra firma impact incident, it was renamed to Debris-O by one of our Canadian
friends. I actually changed the lettering on the fuselage side to
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<DIV>Several people came up at the District Championship contest to ask about
the name, a few got it quickly.</DIV>
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<DIV>Don</DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 11/17/2006 5:00:45 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
Rcmaster199@aol.com writes:</DIV>
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<DIV>Thanks for the info.</DIV>
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<DIV>I had a plan of action to save weight but I think I need to improve
the diet Miss FatStuff will be on</DIV>
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<DIV>Matt</DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 11/17/2006 5:10:35 PM Eastern Standard Time,
AtwoodDon@aol.com writes:</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Matt, my fuse was about 38 oz. I finished
the Brio without using any carbon replacement components or light wheels,
etc, and it came out at 11 lb 5 oz. I took out 3.5 oz just by going to
carbon stab and wing tubes and lighter wheels. I flew it at that weight
(11 lb 1.5 oz)for a while until it had an unfortunate glancing blow with
Terra Firma which helped remove more weight by breaking things off the
plane <IMG title="" alt=""
src="http://cdn-cf.aol.com/se/smi/0201d20638/02">. I fixed the fuse
with CA and 1 oz fiberglass cloth and ended up weight wise where I was
before the crash. There is a lot of filler around the cheek cowls,
edges of the chin opening etc that broke off during the impact. A nice
thing about electric is you don't have all that oil to worry about.
Either during flying or during repairs.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I continued to fly it at that weight but there
are several other things remaining to remove weight such as lighter battery,
carbon gear, replace rudder (2 oz alone), shorter battery wires, etc.
By going to a lighter motor (I am using a AXI F3A) and lighter batteries, it
would be easy to take out another 6-7 oz. For classes below FAI, the
mah usage is enough less to get away with 3700 or 4200 mah
batteries.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>That is why I said 'under 11 lbs easily'.
However, if you start off with a heavier fuselage, it might be a lot
harder......</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hope someone comes out with a new Brio
kit. It is a very nice flying plane and I would build another, just
not from the old Piedmont kits.</FONT></DIV>
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