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-you are into the competition and want hardware - be preparred to spend a lot of time and money.

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You left out the part about and keep on spending.. As in "THERE IS NO END".

Roughly two years ago Jason Shulman won the FAI/F3A section at a full blown Pattern contest down in FL flying a .46/.50 sized ERA.
Shulman Aviation was going to sell the ERA as an ARF-____ Haven't heard a thing for over a year now so I guess it is not going to be.

Yes, it was Jason BUT he was competing with full two meter F3A ships.