Mark, I'm one of the "Freshman" fliers and I wouldn't consider giving anyone advice on doing any maneuver because I'm not qualified.

However, I did want to clarify for Ken one point you made regarding going outside the box when doing the turn-around 1/2 Rev. Cuban. You mentioned that if you came down outside the box you'd zero the entire maneuver, but the way it has been scored at the contests I've attended is that only the percentage of the maneuver that is outside the box will be deducted for a box violation.

Therefore if you do a perfect maneuver and 1/4 of it is outside the box you will get a 7.5. I don't know if this varies with FAI or if it is enforced differently at different competitions, but this is the way it has been enforced in my very minimal experience.

Keith