Thanks Bob!
Speaking of the positive effect of model airplanes, as I was waiting outside the room to run my evals, rather than thinking of scenarios and when to clear somebody for takeoff, working on my pattern traffic, I was thinking of flying at the NATS on top 20 day, looking for perfection after each maneuver. I went in with that mentality, and I ended up with two 100s, a 99 and a 93 on my four evals. Having practiced the pressure of flying in front of judges with everything on the line in contests I think helped keep me calm, sharply focused and ready to kick the crap out of the eval scenarios, which is what I did