These comments are baffling to me. We are talking about some form of competition right? I don't understand where this coming from. EVERY person in any form of competition must feel that they have some sort of advantage. Or else why would you compete? You either have an advantage in either skill, or equipment or both.

I take offense to the ELITEST comment! Obviously, you don't know me. I struggled with form one, I did everything I could to learn how to compete. I don't feel the Elitest's killed form one, I feel Form one killed itself. 65% nitro, An engine a run, Expensive airplanes, and so on.

Has anyone tried changing your timing and deck height to get better performance out of your plastic props? If not shame on you. That is another variable that you can control. I test flew in muncie with a plastic prop. I bought the prop from Horizon Hobby Dist. I bolted the prop on to the same engine that I fly with my wood props. It turned 23.2K. My wood props are turning 23.4 on the ground. Having said this If I gave you a wood prop would it turn over 22k on your engine? Buy the way the engine I set fast time with at the nats is forsale. However it is slightly dented, (bent crank, broken case, broken muffler, etc).

You guys can disagree with me and call me what you want, I have thick skin. I have also been around the block a few times. I don't see any need to put in more plastic props to level the playing field. Someone will always win and someone will always loose. Don't point the finger at someone else because you didn't win. We all follow the same rules, heck 90% of the equipment is the same.

I keep hearing that we need different props to help the event. I don't buy it, as someone pointed out you have at a minimum of $1000 in an airplane. Why are you squabling over $25 or even $100. In 10 seconds you could loose it all. The cost of plastic versus wood is a non issue in my opinion. The ease and effort needed to compete is where plastic has an advantage. Again that is YOUR choice to choose what you run. IF you choose plastic so be it. If you you choose wood so be it. YOUR CHOICE. IF plastic won't run on your engine it is your choice of what to do next.

More plastic props to choose from will only increase speed, or else why would more be available? More plastic props will give everyone something else to complain about. Another point, someone said something about skill of the pilot. Skill is making everything work, that is prop, engine, airplane. If you are not successfull you don't have the skills as someone else. Work on your skills and you will be better.

The "ELITEST A-HOLE" from Chicago,

DKane