Hello twoturnspin and Mike,

Yes, I watched the finals and semi finals, on the stall turns, yes, they looked like wing-overs to me too, but I was watching the flight with Tuny and he noticed the airplane was going up and down on the same line, so on the next stall turn that CPLR did, I set the line with my finger, an to my surprise even though it looked like it was not turning on the CG the airplane came down on the very same vertical line, it was very windy, so maybe that played a trick on us, but when I saw that I stand corrected it was a good stall turn, maybe the smoke might make it look like a wing-over, or maybe the judges were kooking at the lines more than the maneuver.

He was flying pretty big, but I don't think it was out, the thing id, the judges are not measuring those angles to an exact and perfect point, I think is difficult to exactly appreciate the exact size of the box an evaluate the maneuver at the same time.

In my mind the first place was well deserved, and the other thing will be to see if the judges maintained the same criteria for all the pilots in the finals, I think it was pretty good, might say I was convinced that QQ was going to be on the podium, but I was wrong.

Maybe it will be a good practice for all of us to get score people on the top, and then compare our score with the judges when they become available, that could give us a better idea, as we think too many things doing one flight and have many opinions, whether the judges do not, once one mover ends they score it and and forget it ever existed.

The other important point is, if a judge tells me he was perfect on the box, no matter what we think they already established their criteria and everybody else will get compared t him.

About the USA being affected by international politics, I really don't think so, the USA team is one of the best and they are all greatly admired, if it gets down to politics, I can assure you WE are f......d. I don't think that matters, but I do think there is a different criteria for European pilots than those from other continents, as the Europeans give better treatment to their judges all the time, not just in the worlds, and I think that pays back.

Best regards