It is a shame that people talk about things which they have no knowledge of. I study aerodynamics and a higher aspect ratio allows one to be able ro fly a smaller wing generating more speed to gain more lift thereby cancelling out the effect of more line drag. I know the Velocity holds the distance record as of now but it has been going back and forth between VX and Velo for quite a while. A lot of this depends on the pilot but if the extra line drag made that big of a difference, wouldn't PD be dominating and everybody be jumping a 7-cell? Different lines can also be used to cut down on drag. That is why many of the sponsored pilots fly HMA. SO maybe an eleven cell with HMA lines would negate the extra parasitic line drag and be the next best thing on the market.
