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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Taylorman55" data-source="post: 375560" data-attributes="member: 1290">[ATTACH=full]59872[/ATTACH]Well, here she is fellas. Got the wings put on yesterday evening at the airport. We are beyond happy with how it’s turning out. Dad has about 800 hours into this one. Still have to run cables, put flaps and ailerons on, etc. Quite a bit of work left but the finish line is near. We were fortunate enough to be second in the world for a new set of aluminum struts that were recently certified for this airplane. It’ll take another 10-12 lbs off the total weight. Those should be shipping out here in next week or two. Other weight savings… lightweight skytech starter (10 lbs), carbon fiber floors (6-7 lbs), lightweight battery (10 lbs), 0320 narrow deck engine (10-12 lbs lighter than similar wide deck 0320, both are 150 horsepower). Aero classic tires (26 lbs total weight savings for set vs similar 26 inch Goodyears). These tires are nearly identical in size just lighter ply. I’ve been in contact with about every PA14 owner I can find, asking what their airplanes weigh. There is about 100 of these left in the world out of the 238 ever built. 9/10 are in the 1225-1330 lb range. The lightest we’ve found registered is 1198 lbs. We are legitimately thinking we will be in the 1100-1130 range. Hope everyone has a good 4th coming up. Cheers!</blockquote>