Got in 5 more flights today, with 2 of them under the able coaching of Anthony R who is getting me in the groove for the Intermediate sequence. A couple of times I actually kept a good line at a good pace, and Anthony is getting me to use space and speed a little better. It felt really great when I listened to him and pulled out of a maneuver on the correct heading!

Back to the SAP 180... didn't really work on the throttle curve because of other things going on, and the plane and engine were doing so well otherwise that I didn't want to interrupt the rhythm. Anyway, the engine is really coming into stride and the throttle curve isn't exactly horrible, quite flyable in fact. The vertical pull is good enough that Anthony told me I needed to throttle back on the verticals a couple of times![8D]

The turbo hose coupler is working quite well, for a total of 11 very full flights now, and I think it is safe to say this is our answer for the coupler enigma. I like this stuff because of its flexibility, which takes stress off the header and the pipe.