Liftline,
I don't know the weight of the plane, A large cardboard (box) but I know its heavy with the 3 cans of spray paint on it,, I really didn't plan on trying to fly it but when the kid inside of you comes out "all things are possible, back in the day when we spent weeks putting the rubber band powered balsa and tissue paper planes together it never took more than an afternoon to destoy it! What I like about these planes are they are great builds for my 9 year old Andrew, he's learning how to build along with me, I found myself not giving him time and this brought us together, they're so cheap to build and when he plays with them, he brakes out the plastic soldiers and action figures and fly's through the house imagining he's flying, 3 years ago we built a B-29 (plastic kit) it took 5 week ends and with his attention span it seemed like a life time! the cardboard planes take about 3 hours from start to finish so we built a whole squadron of them and gave them out in the neighborhood to his friends, I did keep the 44"wing span Red Baron and hung it up in the guest bedroom, Now when I build the different models I build 2 of each, 1 for display and 1 for Andrew to enjoy, The train was the last build it took about 7 hours for 2 trains, Cardboard is forgiving, when you make a mistake you cut out a new piece, Keep it simple has been the moto.
We were able to land a spot in the December issue of Fine Scale Modeler on page 18, a small add trying to reach out to the modeling community encouraging next generation model building.
Thanks for letting me bend your ear,
Keep in touch,
Alan