Interesting thread, this...
When I was a lot younger I was pretty interested in model airplanes and boats, especially for the cute little motors. Then I grew up, got interested in things I could ride in or on, and forgot about the RC world.
Just so happens that I had some time to kill at a mall today, and was thumbing through an R.C. magazine engine buyer's guide issue. Them boys got some interesting stuff...Ignition systems that make our chain saws seem like a lawnmower engine, with programmable advance, advanced carburetion, etc.
I know power costs money, but where are the saw makers? I know echo has the slope advance system, but where are the others? Are chain saws left sucking hind tit?