RE: Composite 2.6 vs 3.0
I flew Barry's and Pete's. Both had been mixed out and I don't know how much mixing they had in. I did feel that Barry's had less power than Pete's and Less that I would like / am used to. But I think a large part of that was the prop barry was playing with at the time. Andy Kane said that the 2.6 and the 3.0 fly very similarly.
(As for that oterh thread Gene from TBM said that he uses his 35% for practice and only takes out the 42% for contests)
Rob