First off a Happy New Year to all you go fast types here...

I like to drop in here and look around from time to time and all this talk does get my fires stoked so perhaps I'll just have to make one of these some day soon.

But I'd like to pose a question here. Most of you will admit, I think, that all the deltas and swept wing stuff looks cool but isn't really the optimum setup for going fast AND turning fast all in the same model. Deltas in particular tend to get draggy very fast when called upon to do a lot of lifting.... like in a fast high G reversal.

So why don't more of the models in this section look like pylon racers? Or at least FAI pylon racers with thinner fuselages? Or, perhaps even better, Speed 400 electric racers scaled up to 40 glow size? Sort of like a 40 to 44 inch span version of this SUKOL shown below.

I'd love to see something like a 36 inch version with a hot Nelson 15 and the rear exit tuned pipe......