ORIGINAL: JAS

I know this is going to be the wrong time for me to post cause I'm leaving town for 9 days, but ask yourself this....

Why do I want to fly an electric set-up in my pattern plane?

-it's cleaner: yes

-it's easier to fly: no

-it's easier to maintain: no

-it's easier to set-up: not necessarily

-it flies better: no

-it's the latest and greatest: not necessarily

-it's different: yes

Why did I do it: I made the World Team and I wanted to try something different (seems to be the norm for me). Only 1 person had tried electrics at the Worlds, years ago, but I knew that it would work now. it takes A LOT of work and A LOT of money to do electric pattern right now. It's not for everyone, and I certainly don't push it. Most of the time I find that I talk people out of doing it, unless they are die-hard electric pilots in the first place, or really, really want to.

Did I expect others to convert to electric: yes. But I didn't expect it to generate so much interest.

If you're ready to do a bunch of work to fly pattern, go electric. If you just want to go out to the field and get your practice flights in, one after another, and pack-up in an hour, with minimal work effort and cost, keep you IC motors.

Jason