I would rather design a 1cc airplane with you, and make it fly farther and faster than we could alone. It sounds like we have our differences; it would be fun to see the ideas we each brought to the table, and we would probably end up with something cool.

I am not sure where the disagreement spawned, but this all depends on what you are after. I enjoy flying my planes, and I enjoy reading my aerodynamics texts. I would be pretty upset if I was on my death bed and never picked up an aero book, and I would be upset if I never flew an airplane. So, I am doing both.