investing several thousands o dollars into a 2m pattern plane makes no sense to me at all  They do not cost that much to manufacture and the price doesn't reflect on there flight ability  To me its all about bling and bling in rc aircrft is demented In my opinion  No offence intended But It IMPRESSES ME TO KNOW END  when someone achieves a result with minimal amounts of money  It does the exact opposite when someone has to bust the bank to achieve the same thing  It seems well  vry hrd to think of correct thing to say without seeming rude but it seems really dumb to me  forgive the abruptness.  A beautiful scale or fancy plane makes sence to cost allot  but pattern chips all look nearly exactly the same