The person that took the Vanquish home at that contest flew a Kaos. The second place finisher flew a 3D plane. Both of the podcast guys had a great time and received a bunch of help including from me. As far as visual appeal there was even a mid-air between me and Charlie "Killer" Barrera that resulted in a fabulous fire fortunately confined to the crash site. As an aside, all the contests that I attended in Distric 6 this year would allow a Sportsman to fly any AMA legal airplane, not just pattern planes. It is hard to be much more encouraging than that.
Sheldon