I just feel like this stuff should be considered before you buy an airplane. If you're serious enough to compete at Nats, you should have an understanding of your equipment. If you're not building it, at least understand it. It is hard to empathize when a person is flying a $3500 airframe but only wants to use the cheapest batteries in the world to fly their plane.

I don't mean to be rude, but this conversation has been going on for a couple of days, and the owner of these new planes has been involved in the conversation before he bought the planes, and now isn't happy with the fact that he has to buy batteries other than the cheapest ones in the world to fly his thousands of dollars worth of airplanes.

Are we really supposed to think about changing a country-wide rule because of this?

I can't believe that cost is keeping this person out of competing when he could have settled for 2 airframes and a set of lighter batteries.

Please don't take this the wrong way. I'm thrilled for 2Sunny to have these airplanes and can not wait to meet him, see his planes, and watch him progress in the hobby. I mean no personal attacks or flames, but am just trying to sort out what's relevant in adopting a new law for all of AMA pattern flying.