Hey Mike,

Thanks a stack for sticking with me during all your bad times.

I'm talking to Pete about a couple of things. I'm battling to line up my dxf templates with the dwg files you sent me. I am building on top of the dwg files so I know THEY are correct. Especially the bottom turtle deck/ belly pan (out by more than 1/4"), the fin and possibly the stab do not tie up (between dwg & dxf) by 1/4" or more.

The big clincher for me was that the bottom & top turtle decks both line up with F9 at the rear but the templates differ by 1/4". The dxf fin template differs from the .dwg file significantly based on a 13.5" separation (measured from the .dwg file). What am I missing?

In the last couple of days I have learnt that one of my staff member's mother has systemic lupus. Before meeting you I had never HEARD of the disease. Not such a USA disease after all. Our thoughts are with you and I can't wait to get a VF3 into the South African competition scene. Masters (watered down F3A P11) this year.