Again.... I dont see why all the trouble, as far a I know nobody is forced to use the expensive stuff, anyone can fly with a cheap set up an still be competitive, in every level!!!

for example, an Integral is a great airplane and for a full composite arf is cheap!!! and it placed 5 at the WC side by side with all the expensive-oxai-japanese stuff, is that a disadvantage... NO

in the lower classes (anywhere in the world) a good sport airplane can be very competitive. for example CAMODEL Epsilon .90 (it cant get cheaper than that) and its an exelent flying plane

think about this. anybody doing a bad fligth lets say in any entry class, flying a modest small airplane, do you really think the same pilot using a state of the art model could do better.... NO

so my point is, I donk see why any weight, sound, span limit can cause it more expensive...

at the end no matter what plane it is... fingers have to fly it!!!