Hi Tom!

One other difficult part, mentally, is that you know how much time you have invested building the plane (not to mention money)... and it is tough to relax when you are doing a risky maneuver.

Sounds like you're on the right track, though. And, unless you're a kid with understanding (i.e., rich<g>) parents... it's going to take some effort.

Like you said... how many guys at the field can really do it? That is a good indiction of how much time it takes to get good at it. Curious how everyone on the NET can do it, though? ;-) And, we're all Ph.D.s and Engineers, etc., too. :-)