Thanks Dan!  As to making more kits this year, well after making and moving nearly 100 Carrier kits in the last 4 years I am getting a bit tired. I have received a great deal of positive feedback on these efforts, but perhaps i need some time off.
 
One thing of interest though, and a real puzzlement to me.  I started this 4 year project for the main reason  in an attempt to get more people flying Carrier and entering Carrier competition.  During this time frame I also sponsored the Postal Carrier Contest and through some effort got and mailed out nearly $2000 in prizes over  the 4 years.  After all of this all I hear is how much fun flying Carrier planes can be.  One Father/Son team told me they had "Flown the paint off"  one of my kits flying it so much.  The real puzzlement is that out of all this work the actual number of my kits that have ended up in a Carrier contest is very slim.  Why?, I ask. 
Certainly the kits were never designed to be top performers or any challenge to the Top 20 Profile fliers.  One did make a fairly good flight at Brodak's last June, and another did OK in the inaugural NW Sport .40 Profile event. 

My 'coat tail" observation is somewhere between lousy designs and no contest interest.  With my meager manual skill the first will never be solved. the other end, the lack of interest may present a problem for the future of Carrier contest flying and  the NCS in particular.  While I have never been an eager devote of more and more classes in Carrier, I do think the new .40 Sport Profile class here in the NW does show some positive interest in bringing new and retread Carrier pilots back to the deck.

Be gentle, be positive in your solutions, but please offer constructive feed back on this rather long statement that should perhaps been left to a simple "Thanks Dan".

Joe Just

2 of my "Wildcat" ships built by customers 

Hi Joe,

As to contest participation with your design, there is only one date per year in my area.  David has done a great job of putting on the event at Huntersville, and I hope there will be more contests!  I think the possible problem is a lack of local contests in many areas.

I have never flown a three line system, but with your kit, and an old Dumas Crusader, I hope to remedy that  situation.  Hopefully I can enter before long!  The whole cancer thing has held me up for a while, but treatments will be over the first of March (HOPEFULLY!!).

Thanks for the opportunity,
Bill

Bill, keep up the posiutive attitude, it more than anything will get you through the current situation.
Joe