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>>127137That's 110lbs*20, well I don't know if it works that way No it doesn't work that way. ;) The Americans use lbs to measure the weight of the paper, but they don't weigh one sheet of paper, they weigh a ream of paper (1 ream=500 sheets). So you need to divide your answer by a factor of 500. ;) It's a bit awkward though, because the SIZE of the paper hasn't been taken into account: those 500 sheets can be 10 feet by 10 feet big, and a ream of those can weigh 110 lbs, or they can be 8 inches x 5 inches, and a ream of those can weigh 110 lbs. Same paperweight in America, but one sheet of them will not be the same weight/thickness. Confusing, isn't it? ;)
The rest of the worlds uses grams per square meter for the paperweight: the weight of 1 sheet of the paper that is 1 meter by 1 meter large. It's always the same, so you can actually compare paperweights. 110 lbs US Letter sized is about 200 gsm which IS quite thick and heavy. Most people use 160 gsm which is about 90 lbs US Letter sized paper and twice as thick as regular printer paper.
But I don't know if using lighter cardstock would help much: the tail is just such a large shape outside the center of gravity of the model...
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