I am a big fan of Bill Melton and his PC planes. Had the pleasure of meeting Bill at the 91 Nat's along with Carlos A, spent a lot of time talking to both, taking pictures, getting information at the Nat's. Later on the phone, specially with Bill M. For me, Bill M is one of the "Greats" if not the "Greatest".
I have always found it interesting that Bill M did not like the reverse rotation Aloise-Super Tigre X-36, yet Carlos A won the 91 Nat's with that combination on an MO-1, dominated & was the standard in PC slow speed in the 90's. Bill M said he could never get the Aloise Super tigre X-36 reverse rotation engine to work as good as his normal rotation engines, Bill credited Carlos A's flying skills to Carlos's success more than the use of a reverse rotation engine.
Could their be that much of a style, plane, engine or preferential difference in PC?
PS: I am a big fan of PC, and a history buff of the event. Spent many a time reading about CL & PC growing up. Somewhere I have all the old magazines with Nat's coverage from the early 70's on up
LM