RE: Thrust Required For 2M Pattern?
If you look back, the only electric setups that "struggled" were the Hacker C50 setups with big 21 or 22" props and flyers who tried to push them too hard to get extra speed to help in the windy conditions mostly on day 4. The Pletty Evo outrunner (Chad) and Hacker A60 (Dave L) outrunner both were propped faster and handled the wind just fine. If the C50 guys propped for better speed, they would have faired better but the issue was setup more than available power. Some of the C50 setups were done for that extra slow presentation and got hurt by the wind. But in spite of what some say were the electrics falling down, they won Intermediate, Advanced, and FAI. Not too bad.