Right. Leave them down when required. That is my plan- to configure to Vertigo II for the given event.

SPA- Muffler and gear down. (I plan on removable -by velcro or something- foam plugs to fill the wheel wells for less drag).

BPA- Bolt on the pipe and suck up the gear! OOO-RAH!!!

My belief is this: Most of us could have the plane of our dreams and still get smoked by a superior pilot flying a Tower Kaos. In fact there is a video of that very thing in a recent thread. There is an old saying that it is 90% pilot/10% machine. Of course with closely matched pilots the 10% kicks in, but 90% of the time it comes down to the person holding the box.

So to veer my rants back to the subject of the thread, I favor a "Run what ya brung" approach as possible. Most inclusive.

-Robert