Please keep in mind that the 2-meter rule, the size of the aerobatics box along with the noise rule is going to limit just how much power we need or can make. I believe we are already there. The fuselage sizes have stabilised. My 2004 Partner fuse is not much smaller then the 2009 PassPort. And the wing on the Partner is bigger then the PassPort. The amount of power I needed in 2004 has not increased significantly from what I used in 2009. I had a Partner with an old Hacker C50 14XL, non-competition, as my back-up for the Nats. Ask some of the guys who watched me fly the two back to back which one was better? Jon Carter and Kris Fitzsimmons at the practice field were sort of telling me they liked the Partner. I preferred the PassPort, especially in turbulence and wind.

I believe the threat of greatly increased electric power is vapor.