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Weight Estimation

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wwz7777

wwz7777

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Hello,
Can anyone point me to a thread or book that has a method for estimating the structure weight based on the material? I have some notes from a design book ( and of course I can’t find it) that said a steel tube fuselage weighs .5lbs per inch, a metal fuselage weighs .7lbs per inch and metal wings weigh 1.0 lbs per sware foot. But I don’t have anything for wood aircraft. Any leads? Ive tried searching here but I don’t seem to asking the right term.
Thanks for putting up with me.
 
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