ORIGINAL: Andy P.

ok, heres my slant. If you chose to go e powered with your patternship you made a few more decisions than just going e powered, the weighing issue is just one of them when it comes to full on F3a competition flying. I would compare this to perhaps buying a house next to a railway line and then complaining about the noise of the trains, or as happened over here on blighty many years ago, buying a house next to a church and complaining about the bells ringing on a Sunday morning , the later example was eventually sorted by the new owner pushing his weight around (and his cash) and eventually had a ban placed on the bell ringing [X(].

The concept of change for you guy's has to be placed in the right environment, aimed at the right people, the FAI select committee being a good place to start!

I'm quite happy listening to my beloved YS's purring away like good un's, and watching my servos bouncing around wishing they were on their holidays and all this apparently whilst enjoying an unfair advantage over the e-powered guy's .

At the end of the day, a great pilot will still win even if he has an underpowered brick to fly, it's all about the thumbs...................................