Hi Darrin,

I hate you IMAC types. (kidding, of course)

Power to weight ratio is a great way to do this task, and I don't imagine I'm inventing anything seriously new and radical. The double and triple-slotted flaps are just something I haven't seen done before on a model, and I'm interested to see if the performance is better than single-slotted flaps, on a somewhat more highly loaded model. And... It's a bit of a mechanical challenge that I hope to apply on some future scale projects.

PS> A friend of mine here, Steve McLaughlin, who is a Pattern/IMAC wiz, recently got one of the new Extras from composite-arf.com Man! The quality of those kits is something else. Steve let me have a VERY close look at it, and it really is immaculate in every way. I've heard that it's a combination of vacuum bagging and heat, in their manufacturing process, that gives those results. Really impressive.