Just want to chime in as one of the contest pilots flying on limited
budget.
In fact this I took a 5 year leave from contest flying due to budget
concerns but am happy to report that flew a regional contest this year
and am planning on doing so again in the coming years.

I too am flying a setup that cost well less the 20k.

I have to admit PowerFlarm is interesting in that in a few years it
may be good way for me to upgrade my 10 year old logger, my 15 year
old GPS and add some traffic alert capability.

Brian Case
HP16T