Regarding widely varied opinions, I'd like to believe a newbie with a question is collecting enough data and opinions to form his own answer.

Regarding research, although I really enjoy being a part of conversations like we've been having over the last 5 pages or so, nobody has mentioned, not one of us, the fact 90% plus of this material has already bee covered in detail here: http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/gas-...formation.html