A prominent Midwest sailplane flyer contested a 2M only for a full year. He flew it in 2M (obviously) and in unlimited. His words to me were something like this: "If you can win with a 2M, you can wing with anything," (meaning and unlimited plane since he doesn't fly DLG.)
I'd have to agree with him. 2M's just don't have the performance an unlimited plane has and if you can fly a 2M to its maximum, an unlimited plane is just that much easier. The DLG guys will say the same thing. If you can thermal out with a 60" model, anything larger is easier. Of course that's not true in all cases, but I'm sure I can get an "amen" from those who have flown DLG when I say if you can thermal out from a 50' launch, a 600' launch is like a 'gimme'. I can't remember the gentlemen's last name (his first name is Lee) and he had kept record of his flights for a year. The 2M times were statistically lower overall than the unlimited times. The chart was published in RCSD many years ago. As far as contests go, I think most people will build a plane to compete in the events that are scheduled. For example, I attend MWSC every year and I didn't have a foamy warbird for that particular class. I'm building one now for next years event. If we have 2M events as part of a 2-3 day contest, people will bring 2M and fly in the event instead of sitting around while everyone else is flying. Maybe we don't want to spend as much on a 2M as an unlimited plane, but good flying 2M can certainly be had for less than $500, not counting the radio and many are less than $250 used. I for one would like to see 2M continue. Unfortunately it now has to compete with DLG, RES and Nostalgia. It's up to contest directors to keep 2M going. George Voss RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
