ORIGINAL: MTK

Bottom line, new gasoline powerplants are really strong, are absolutely reliable, have simple field manners and are cheap to feed and maintain. In other words just perfect for our needs

The biggest issue is this... the US Pattern community is almost completely converted to electric power and if you're going to run glow or gas, you simply have to be better since it is no longer the norm. I understand that kind of mentality and have accepted it as part of trail blazing a new path in Pattern. Perhaps Europe is better in that regard