Thanks for the analogy Jeff, but I only pay about $10.00 for 5% Power Master and about $8.00 for FAI fuel, or can mix my own from local sources for about $5 - $6 a gallon. If you're made of money and not on a budget, the BME 50 or the new 55 would really be the engine of choice with it's easy mounting, light weight, and miserly fuel use.

Since I don't fly at full throttle any more with my big glow engines, I usually get tired of flying and land before fuel is all used up, ain't old age a #$%*#. Also, since we have been in Red Flag warnings through most of Texas, most of us quit flying our gassers for the time being, so as not to accidently start any grass fires around our grass fields.

Thank God for paved runways not too far away, for the really good days when I gotta fly the gasser and don't mind driving a ways to the pavement.

Anyway, hope we answered the original question good enough for our friend to make an informed decision, right???