Brian,

A YS poweredmodel weighing 5 kg empty, with a 20 oz tank, will weigh very close to 5.5kg with a full tank at take off (only). Using the max potential <span style="font-size: larger"><u>average weight </u></span>of thisYSmodel as the upper limit for both E and IC makes some sense. That will limit the upper limit to 5 kilos plus 260 grams for gas.

That's 11 lbs 9 ozs for my American friends, for everything flying today, a weight that should not obsolete anything current....

To me there is no advantage to the 1.8m model. Smaller models can fly faster and are more difficult to see at distance. Ability to see the model is as important to the pilot as to the judge. In fact, if the judge can't tell what the model is doing he is at liberty to give zero and move on.....

As pilot and judge i prefer the largest model possible. As pilot I prefer the lightest model possible but as judge, it makes no difference to me.

As pilot and judge I also prefer the simpler and far easier to discern color schemes of yesterday. Today's schemes have gotten so busy they make viewing at distance difficult. I admit that some look nice in the pits tho.....so what?Needless to sayI want NO legislation regarding colorschemes