Your comparing apples to oranges at best for obvious reasons. You have a hgh wing and low wing similar wing loadings. I think you understand what I'm saying by your comment about the taylorcart outperforming at slow speeds though i'm a little lost onthe "sound" comment. They Taylor and the pulse are two completely different aircraft. My pulse from the factory was just plain underpowered though it does make one a better pilot that way. It really shines with more power due to the low semi-sym wing. I have flown it with a 480 in the nose and it really is a sweet performer but then power covers a lot of sins. I guess they just marketed it witih the minimums to have an ok time and keep it affordable.