All things considered 1964 worked out quite well with five finals on the bounce.

The next problem looming up would be silencers for 1965. Ken Bedford spent £1000 on the dies but I don't know how he arrived at the design. In flight they would sometimes shake loose plus there was the added complication of tailoring the model to accommodate them - not to mention the added weight and drag. All very time consuming when you wanted to whip the engine out.

When I think about all the problems the silencer rule caused it was a complete waste of time and money. We were never decibel checked. In fact one team used a megaphone system and it made even more noise than standard. I suggested continuing with the 2.60 eta for B racing but Ken felt we had enough to do developing the Eta 15.

We only managed seventh at the Nationals and I wish we had entered the over size diesel in Class B.