The proof is in the pudding. How is "your sport" doing as designed as we speak...??
The RC Combat wisdom that I was "reared on" dates back 20 years before the RCCA was even a slowly burning coal in the fire box. Guys back then had already experimented with the usual stuff and come to the conclusion that RC combat needed to be engineered for as low impact as possible with the maximum amount of streamer chasing as could be had for the time and money invested.
You don't have to be too smart to see the wisdom behind this line of thought.