Flew the Latency with the reverse 56 at Brodaks. First item I discovered was that a reverse rotating prop will do just as much damage to fingers as a normal rotating prop. Pulled a stupid move on Sunday before the contest started which almost messed up my whole trip. I didn't fly nearly as many events as I had planed as my head was messed up but forced myself to fly the Latency in advanced PA.
I have to give complete credit to the engine and airplane to pull off a 3rd place because the pilot sure wasn't doing his job. After the prop strike I wasn't worth a hoot and wasn't sure I would/could even fly it. On Monday before everything started I asked Joe Gilbert if he would fly it just to be sure I had it set right for the new prop I had to use to replace the one I broke on my fingers. We set the needle and he called it good..
On Friday without flying all week I just fueled and flew without touching anything and it ran perfect. That was the flight that earned the placing, my second flight the next day was really bad. It was all my doing as just like the previous day the engine ran perfect without touching the needle. The airplane went exactly where I told it to go which wasn't quite what a pattern is suppose to look like.
I'm very happy with the reverse 56 in the Latency it has worked out well. The 62 has just enough added power to make the combination of the Dixon intake and JFX prop unusable but moving to the 56 and selecting the JFX prop with a true 6 pitch on both blades solved the problem.
Looks like I will be building another Latency that I can use a modified RC carb on a 62 in and be moving up to Expert