I know what you are trying to say but in fact, if you go to any competition these days (certainly to any of the UK comps I go to) the pilot that wins is still the pilot with the best fingers. Yes you need a modern competitive plane but that was always the case. And yes if you gave any of our top pilots from any of our countries a design from twenty years ago, not one would do half as well as they are doing.

As previously stated, if you are after a fun weekend sports flyer that is just that little bit better than you average sport model then they are great. But for competition they are no good above the entry level.

None of this should take anything away from the skill of the guys doing this at the top of our sport!! And they certainly aren't 5% fun, they are 500% fun. Ask anyone who has one!