Hey Chad,

There are some top flyers, by this I mean perhaps in the top 20 in the US, which advocate speed and believe electric can not produce the speed needed in the wind. I'm not going to pick a side on this, but I like my electric speed. I think it's find for all but 5% of any conditions. I think electric has gone through / is going through a transition period of sorts, as many flew very slow and found the wind to be an issue. There is 'too slow' and I think we approached this limit. As new props and motors were developed, I think this is less of an issue now.

You state, "in fact most guys were flying setups that are slower than today" which sort of goes to the above point that maybe we were getting too slow ? If most were slower than today, these pilots are flying faster for some reason (today).. they have learned that there may be too slow.

Good Luck at this year's Worlds.

sc