Ed,

Thanks for your reply. I have my calendar marked for August 24-25 for a contest in New Waverly (near Houston), Sept. 14-15 in North Dallas, August 27-28-29 in Lubbock. I hope to make the New Waverly and North Dallas contests - I'll have to wait and see on the Lubbock event. Check the AMA rag for details.

I checked out the Bridi 2X2 Dirty Birdy on his website, and it looks like he's simply upscaled an older design. I flew an Escape in competition back in 1994, and it had a few flight characteristics I wasn't crazy about. I went from that to a Boxer 60 and wow, what a difference. If he had a "new" design - something with some of the more recent (1990s at least) flying refinements - I'd go for it. The designs from the 70s flew great - back then - but they've been eclipsed by more recent designs.

Anyway, thanks for the lead.

Bill