So, after some discussions in this thread I remembered something very interesting, in the WC in Argentina 2007, Daniel Falco who was the FAI Juror and several times south american champion in F3A, flew a Camodel Scandalous Bipe with a DA 50 in it, it flew very well, it flew with winds of 20mph, the engine was completely concealed if I remember correctly, so it is already proved as a viable concept, nothing new there, but not for FAI, maybe that is where we all argue and just fly different classes, a gas engine could lightened up and cooling can be improved like on the RC Cars where the fins of the head are drilled through, something that has been for for more than a year now, but the noise will probably not pass, or weight or both, but it is still a solution for many who can not afford to buy the best and lighter equipment and fly AMA in advanced or lower.

If some one thinks YS will go out of business if they don't go gas, well , everybody is entitled to it's opinion and that is why the forums were born, but YS will not go out of business just for that, same as Futaba will not go out of business because the 18MZ is too expensive and someone doesn't like the color or the camera.

Last but not least, the electric thing is good, but for the people who travel to international competitions it will get more complicated as the regulations that are in works will ban the air transport of Lithium batteries, will see what happens.....

So at the end what do we have? We have a specialty with different classes where almost anyone can get into and get the equipment it can afford or simply want to spend so much on, and that is the good part, is someone wants the cheapest Chinese aircraft and equipment he can spend on ,and can compete with it, he can, or someone wants the most expensive and best, he can also, and that makes all this discussions worth something. There is something for everyone at every level.

Regards

Alejandro P.