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Old 30th May 2014, 18:50
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DaveReidUK
 
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BTW, weight saving is nowhere near 700kg.

SMOC's number is accurate. (~100kg)
It would be reasonable to expect that building the aircraft without the tailskid installation saves more weight than building it with, and subsequently removing it.

But I agree that either number is unlikely to be anything approaching 700kg.
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