ORIGINAL: Doug Cronkhite
Considering Chris at Extreme Flight has shown that a cheap (by F3A standards) 2M airplane can be built without exotic materials AND make weight with common, inexpensive electric components, the weight rule SHOULD be a moot point now.
Nobody ever said you HAD to buy the $5k Oxai airframe anyway..
Didn't see the need for a counter rotating prop set up in Int either but there it was. Matt is correct, guys will spend whatever they want to have the same equipment that the top fliers in the world have.
Win on Sunday, sell on Monday.
Tim