You know the more I think about it the more I agree with Archie and Ed.....
using the SAP in the lower classes where a guy needs to develop his craft, meaning, must fly a lot, makes sense. It will be the most cost effective way to learn pattern flying.

I know my set-up works fine in masters flying but in the higher classes, one needs every advantage he can get to get scored well. With the advances in electrics and the sound quality they produce, a 2 stroke whine is probably out of place. It seems to me I would need to outfly an electric by considerable margin to score as well. So it is perception; as much as I hate to admit it as head judge, people's perceptions are uniquely personal things. It's not supposed to matter but I believe it does

Okay then, back to working on Aesthesis...she's almost ready for clear coat