ORIGINAL: Doug Cronkhite
The weight limit SHOULD be RTF, not empty weight.
Gas advantage....requires 5 ozs of gas (about 3.5 ounces) to fly one Masters or F3A shedule, either P or F. Ask Dave Lockhart who flew mine if a well set-up gas Pattern model can do it all and be competitive. And we are really at its infancy in my opinion.