Thanks Ryan I never thought of it like that. Check this out the tank shim made a big difference but not as much as 1/10 of a pitch does. I have made a tone of props in the past that were good enough to set a few records and I thought splitting the difference between a 7 and 8 was a fairly fine amount when it came to re pitching props. Not. lol 1/10ths are though and the difference between a 4.5 and 4.6 is definitely visible and not just by the pilot. Its amazing I would land from a flight and Ray would say immediately you need to bring it down another 1/10th. Anyhow I really enjoy the technical aspects of this event as I feel we have eliminated to much of that in other events but that's just my opinion.
Look real close at the this pic. Its of the top my of the wing. See the VG's. I add 24 to the wing (top and bottom combined) and 12 on the stab. Immediately they improved my pattern more then the previous 300 flights did. I could
corner harder and it really settled it down in the wind. However the biggest difference was being able to hit the bottoms much more consistently at 5 feet. I can assure you these will be on my F3A planes from here on as well. The improvements may not be as obvious because we fly so far away however I know they have to be better. One is of the wing,the other the stab.
C