Mr Silent Flight Dude
You have to be a little careful when interpreting some of this stuff.
Light is definately better (within reason) but with inexperience I would
simply not remove leading edge sheeting, etc. It's real easy to destroy the
structural integrity of the wing if you don't know what you are doing. Some
experience will teach you what you can lighten and what you can't. There are
some very good flying designs out there that will give you a great intro
intro into hand launch without spending tons of money.
The first thing that comes to mind is the DJ Aerotech Chrysalis. It's built
up, decent weight, and flys great. All for the price of maybe 2 Skeeters.
The difference in flying experience is worth it.
When I started hand launch I did my share of crashing and reinforcing and
ending up with 12-16 oz planes that flew like pigs. The single best thing
that happened to my planes is when I started to worry less about crashability
and more about flying performance. Seemed I crashed less!
Denny Maize
Polecat Aeroworks
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