Cary, believe me, that -sell a horse- thing has been discussed many times at my house! But here's a question I have for you A catters, why do the A cats NEVER trap downwind? They sit in, fly the hull and "Wild thing" all the way down. I do the same thing on my Blade when the wind is light. I sit in the middle of the tramp, feet under the boom to the low side hiking strap, and fly that hull as long as possible.

Still, on the F18, you have much longer bows, and much more volume that will support your wt. and power than the F16's do, when trapping downwind. I always did it on the I20, never, ever, burried a bow, as they are so long and fat.

But on the F16, all I have to do is tweak the tiller and the low bow goes under. Dig it in too deep and you are hitting the breaks, not fast. Better to sit in and back, get the bows up and plane.