Rather than look up quotes from my books, I sent Chris a note about this thread, knowing he works with the Hog as part of his job. I also found a bit a verbage upon further examination of the a-10.org site:

http://www.a-10.org/flightmanual/man...?PageID=1%2D59

I doubt they would make much difference on a small hog, but they also wouldn't weigh much, if you just made a couple out of 1/16 balsa mounted on 1/16 stick spacers. It'll make the guys at the field think you know what you are doing