I am not that much of a competition flyer(basic class). Due mostly to laziness and a lack of willingness to travel very far to contests. But practicing the routines gives my flying a bit more purpose. There is a certain satisfaction in doing the sequence and ending up where I'm supposed to be and in the proper attitude. As far as equipment I have seen people do a pretty fair basic routine with a Funtana 40 plane with a 60 size motor on it.