Hello Ty,
With respect, the question was NOT "what is the ultimate stunt machine". I was watching the development of control line stunt from the late 1940s to the present. My question was really intended to see where people thought that stunt design was heading for. There will be an ultimate stunt design, as I suspect when we all fall off our perches, then control line stunt will probably die too!
Some of the answers have already provided some illuminating example. Lauri was being quite provocative and I suspect making some people think! Other views were very interesting too. I would reckon we have another 20 years or so before stunt becomes virtually extinct. I can't believe that the planes in stunt's "Winter Days" will just be rehashes of current design thinking. Hence the initial question.
If I am still able to fly in 20 years time, I will still be flying IC, as electric is plug and play and doesn't really present many challenges. I was devleloping chopped multiphase electric systems over 30 years ago and found the technology as inelegant then as I do today. That ISN'T a challenge to the electric fraternity. I shall probably be on my own at that stage and classed a dinosaur to boot.
What really interests me is how model design will have changed. is there likely to be any out of the box thinking that revolutionises stunt design, or will it be small improvements along the way?
Regards,
Andrew.