[Kedumba]

thanks for the info Mick.
I'm building a bandit from depron and I estimate that so far
it's cost me about $30. I won't have much left over so probably cost are
similar. You will end up buying covering material while I will be fibreglassing and painting mine.
Interesting comparing both methods.

What will be interesting to compare is the difference in flying characteristics of the depron to the balsa. I'm assuming the balsa will be heavier and so give a more stable flight at the expense of flight time due to higher battery drain and be less forgiving in a crash. I wonder if it would be possible to buld another plane from the same plans but do it in depron instead of balsa. Now that would be in interesting project!