The whole original intent for the profile class was as a low key fun event, and the challenge of getting a side winder mounted engine to run well. Most club rules call for a side mount engine with a limit on engine size to .40 size engines or smaller. This sort of makes the playing field more level. I think SIG originated it at their contest, or at least they originated the no-flap 10 point bonus that they had in their rules and some other contests have also. That is one of the reasons Mikle Pratt designed the Primary Force with no flaps. I myself like that rule. Local contests can have what ever rules they want. My feeling about electric is that it goes against the original intent of the contest, and if they are allowed it should be at some sort of penalty, like -10 points or something like that. If a person builds a nice straight and reasonably light airplane, it can be ANY profile airplane. All it takes is good trim and lots of practice. A good airplane can only help a pilot to a certain extent. But a good pilot can grab the handle of just about anything and be competitive. Like the old saying goes about the late great sprint car driver Jan Opperman, "He can take hisn, and beat yourn, and then take yourn, and beat hisn!" And I have seen that done!
Type at you later,
Dan McEntee