Hi All,
I've seen Tony's electric fly about 10 times now and also judged 2 of the rounds this weekend. I'm starting to view this as tool that could help you score better. I view most my purchases that way asking this, "will it help me score/fly better?" From the judges perspective, the electric is very pleasent. You absolutely don't need the audio "drama" of the powering on of the glow (2 or 4 cycle), and the abscence of the smoke trail definately helps by not showing every little deviance of either the plane or separate wind turbulation. Without the rush of glow audio noise, the plane never really gives the "impression" of being rushed, in trouble, or loud, to the judge. We'll see what happens in the long run...

From the pilots perspective, eliminating 97% of any engine performance variance from day-to-day, location-to-location, fuel-to-fuel, plug-to-plug changes (or weather) could do nothing but help you score better. A tool that would allow you to hold engine/motor performance relatively constant throughout the whole season could be priceless to the hard-core competitor.

Planes: For a national/world competitive model you need to start with a dedicated electric platform which may disuade some. For the local contests, maybe you could convert a glow model if it is already light to begin with. However, if you have a 10.5 lb glow model with 20 oz of fuel, an 11 lb electric model is actual lighter for probable time you are flying the sequence????

I'm more than impressed with the concept and now reality of it. The more I think about it, the more I think that by removing the glow style engine day-to-day variances, the higher your scores are going to go. Good job Tony, & Jason.
Jim W.