This might well be the case. However, take a good look at the recommendations that TF had for its 2 strokers. Low end is .61. I have seen many flown with this engine and it did real well. The CMP low end is 108, which justs has to be overkill. Look too, at the weight differences. As I recall, my TF (fully tricked out) was about 12.5 lbs. At no time did I wish I had more than the .91 FS in it.

I note in the forums, that there is an over whelming choice for overpowering by many pilots. This is not the case, however, with ex
perienced scale pilots who have learned to enjoy "flying the wing" rather than the engine. Some of the old kit builders such as SIG seem to recommend somewhat lower end engines, but I think that this is a carry over from back when we didn't have the choice of such high end engines with which to overcome our lack of skills in flying.

Back before my time, one had to really trim out and fine tune your free flight model to experience good flying characteristics. Now I find that a great many RC flyers don't really bother to fine trim and truly balance their models. What is seen is the tendency to just add a lot of power to overcome sloppy handling.

When you observe a pilot flying a scale plane in a smooth, scale manner, you can also hear the many changing sounds of the engine rpm. Novices often push the stick into a rather high position and just leave it there for the entire flight. So......I think that todays buyer, by and large, wants to hear that he needs " the big one" for his purchase. ???