Anna, another question...

Not clear on dropped rounds. Apologize if you've answered this before. Looks like one dropped round each of unknown and known, out of the first 3 (Wednesday thru Friday) then all the scores count for Saturday and Sunday, (neither dropped) and those two combined with the top 2 of each from Wed-Fri determines final score. Is this correct-. The dropped round language seems to imply more dropped if more rounds are flown, but not necessarily based on the schedule (maybe less if weather is a factor).

I just watched AeroSport video and Christophe fly his finals unknown from the TOC 2002. My snaps are presenting nearly identical, so I'll continue as I've been practicing. That's the baseline in my mind. His down lines are slow with the 2 blade he was running.

Dave, the prop I'm running is a 3 blade 28x12 Air Models. The cannisters are the standard PEFA type available from Desert Aircraft, that have been available for a while. I must make a plug for Desert Aircraft. The engine always starts each evening with absolute reliabilty, and normally on the first flip on subsequent flights. Really amazing. This is really a fine product and Dave Johnson has really got it together.

Having said all that, I feel a bit of nastalgia. Bill Bennett, the sponsor of the TOC, drove designs, powerplants, aircraft, and flying styles. Technology over the last 4 years really has not leaped like it did the 4 years prior to that, or the 4 prior to that, etc... Don't know, I think the next DLM (Don Lowe Masters) will really be pushing the envelope in terms of noise reduction technologies, as I understand. Personallly, the last time I flew a 32x10 Menz standard, the prop rip was so loud that it actually scared me coming off the last part of a one roll circle. Low noise is the wave of the future, although you will not see it at Tucson- I'll most likely switch to a 2 blade in the interest of power (at 3000 ft).
Cheers,
Don