My prefernce for 2 stroke engines is clearly in a minority of opinion. I choose this type of engine because of it's simpicity and greater ease of concealing the engine within the cowl of scale planes. To me, large portions of cowling removed for an engine detract significantly from a model's appearance. I fly .46-2.1 size planes, primarily warbirds, generally scale. Cost of fuel to me is not an issue when considering the plane, engine, electronics and cost of driving to the field. Sound of a 4 stroke is more desirable, but the larger 2 strokes with a bisson muffler is good enough for me. Cleanup of the 2 stroke is a pain when compared to gas and to a lessor degree 4 strokes, but not significant.

I am not trying to start an argument, nor am I saying anything negative of the alternative fuel-powered planes. The purpose of my post is one of curiosity. Since there appears to be relatively little desire to use 2 strokes beyond an entry-level, I'm assuming there certainly are a number of them being sold in order for manufacturers to continue marketing them.

Do many others feel as I do? Is the future for 2 strokes bleak? Electric surely is taking a bite out of the fuel-powered models but if I had to discontinue using my noisy, messy, 2 strokes then that would surely be the end of my modeling career.