I'm in the boat right now. I've worn out my old pattern ship (hey 10 years isn't bad), it's just not capable of doing the P and F-11's capably, and so I've been on the hunt.

The fact is, anything that's remotely an upgrade is well over 2000 to buy, and proably another 500 to ship, which is more than I can afford, as I live in the world's most isolated capital city.

On that note, the old adage of "buy a used pattern ship and you're 8/10ths of the way there" may hold true in more densely populated areas of the world, but if you have a small pattern community in your town/state/country, you don't have a lot, sometimes no available aircraft for years at a time.

I'd welcome a cheaper, albeit heavier, version of a competition capable aircraft. I think you're on a winner.