jess & hughes, going by statistics alone can be very misleading. Especially in this election year, it isn't hard to see that pollsters can make the numbers say whatever they want to say.

For example, if one goes by this thread alone, then the conclusion must be that the OS 40LA is a bad engine, since so many posts speak ill of it. But then again, how about those 100s of thousands other RCers who learned RC on a LA40-equipped Superstar? Anybody care to poll all of them to find out? I am not exactly a big fan of these plastic rear covered FP replacements, but I suspect the true overall success rate will be much in favor of the LA.

In the end, it matters little what 60% say this and 48% say that. This is simply because not everyone's experience level and conpetence is the same. The one that ***** the loudest is not always the one most credible.