OK,

Let me add my 2 cents worth here as someone who has just spent this last year
flying Sportsman in Dist 6 with a Carl Goldberg Matrix 40 , powered with a SuperTigre
.60 Bluehead. Can you fly anything in Sportsman ? Answer-Yes. Will you be happy
with the outcome ? Answer- I don't think so, if for no other reason than in the back of your
mind you will wonder if better equipment would have helped you do better.

I don't have a 2-meter ship now but I do have an Excelleron 90 with a YS 1.10 and I can
tell you the difference is daylight and dark. Lets face it bigger and more powerful pattern
ships fly better , if they didn't why would people spend all that money. I'm still getting
used to flying the Excelleron but it is so much easier to control than the Matrix there is no
comparison.

I would encourage anyone , who is interested , to try pattern and you will probably get hooked ,
but when you get to where you want to finish in the top of the finishing order the old Kaos is
not gonna cut it. Who doesn't want to win , after all , it is a contest.

Now , my new airplane doesn't mean I am going to win but at least I know I have an airplane
that is capable of winning.

Just my opinion.

tommy s