My brother passed onto me a comment from a well know Aussie pattern flyer when he found out I bought a YS. It went along the lines that my eyes needed to become a certain shape in order to have it running properly

It really is 6 of one or 1/2 dozen of the other, just like trying to advise a newbie of what size radio he should buy. I'm a long term investment type of person that tries to buy the best I can afford expecting to get a good run from it. While I wasn't happy with the weight of my Aries, after 2 seasons I have to commend Oxai on supplying a plane that can be wiped clean, put back in the box and still looks brand new and to be honest I think I would take the gamble and drop a few weeks pay into another Oxai product (if Rob would still let me?).

I would have been much less angry with the YS if the instruction manual had a decent maintenance schedule like my racebike has ie replace part x at y km. I can accept changing pistons, rings, plugs, pumps, cam bearings, whatever according to a schedule and having no issues. I really don't get along with the "run something until it breaks or starts having problems, then send it back to us with a blank cheque" or "you figure it out" approaches.

As Jason indicated, YS support in Aus at a comp is thin on the ground and it's a case of the blind leading the blind. I know of only two other DZ170cdi's in QLD, one's on a shelf somewhere and the other's running back on glow propped to turn high 7's low 8's after experiencing every problem I've had as well.

Peter, are you coming to Tin Can Bay in Feb??