Bentgear: I am having a hard time visualizing your plates. You mean they are airbrakes?
I too kept the rubber bands, Out of 4 impacts, two of which destroyed the nose back to the middle of the wing, My wing is still in one solid peice, looks like new still! I love this thing!
-How much heavier than stock is the Tower muffler? What if I just took out the stock OS baffle? Would I have fuel draw problems?