As usual, Silver makes some excellent points. I'm like him as my reactions have slowed down. Nice big planes make it easy for me to handle the plane as it all seems to happen slower. Sorta like when you take a student up on a trainer, seems kind slow doesn't it??? Can you remember far back enough to when you thought that plane was haulin???

Let's take Tom's 33% Edge which I own and compare it to his 28% Edge (Version One) which I have flown several times for a club member.

Both fly equally well, both do incredible KE spins, upright and inverted flat spins, but the 28% winds up a bit tighter in the KE spins and I have more throw on the 33%. Now I know weight/surface area means a lot because you have to get that mass moving but the 33% still winds up right on the wing tube, it just doesn't look like it's gong as fast and does not lose altitude near as quickly which gives me more time to pull it out where I want it.

Both planes are powered in a similar fashion (power to weight). The 28% has a Da50 at 17.5lbs and the 33% has a 3W80XI-CS at 22lbs but to me the 33% is easier to land. I can land the 28% just fine but the bigger one seems to slow down much better. Downlines on the big one are slower, uplines are just perfect. The snaps are nice and tight with a very noticeable break on the bigger one where as the snaps on the 28% can be fast and much harder to stop where you want it.

I can remember when no one wanted a Sukhoi (I actually prefer a Sukhoi to a Yak. I wish the Sukhoi was ready when I had bought my 50cc Yak), no one liked them, now look at Tom and see what he has done for that plane. My guess is the same thing would happen to the 55SP if he did one