Thanks to all for the positive feed back.
I do hope my little post does get other RVers joining the IAC and thinking about aerobatics. Even if you don't enter a contests the training will make you know your airplane better and make you more comfortable in various situations.
One of the first things my instructor and I did was to explore the envelope of the plane. I told him that I had read about the possibility of getting into an inverted spin if I entered a loop too slow and thereby was nervous about doing them and about my ability to recover.
He said, "Let's go try". The RV's are designed very well and are quite forgiving in certain circumstances. If you fall out of a loop the plane will not enter an inverted spin without ALOT of cross controls while inverted. In other words you have to work to get the inverted spin started. If you fall out of a loop the plane will nose down and then you recover like we were all taught in Flight School. If inverted, roll upright and recover.
Next we would bank the plane at 75 - 80 degrees and pull the stick till we got a high speed wing stall. The stick shakes alot prior to this. He would say, "Darren the plane will talk to you, just listen". If the stick starts to shake like that, release back pressure. All this builds confidence and comfort with your plane. Worth every penny spent

Some RV's visiting the contest
Jeff - Here's a thread I found on VAF about using the oil accumulator. It's mounted to the firewall.
http://www.vansairforce.com/communit...ad.php?t=51286
I am seriously thinking of going this route rather than a full blown inverted oil system. I'll research more before I lay out some $$
Swixtt (sorry couldn't find your first name) - I did get the "aerobatics prohibited" placard removed by Jim Hrymack in Bassano, Alberta. It was then replaced by an "Aerobatics Mandatory" placard

Jim gets busy in summer flying his Harvard in airshows so he actually just flew my RV once. I submitted the manoeuvres I wanted him to perform to Transport Canada and he signed off on those. He makes no qualms about the fact that during the testing, if the plane starts to come apart he is bailing out. In fact he practices his egress a few times on the ground. Kind of freaky watching..... not the kind of thing you want to visualize happen.
His friend Miles Crane did my training after that. Miles is very good and took first place in Intermediate this past weekend. Private message me and I can give you his number if you want.
Bill and Dave - thanks for the kind words.

A couple of Yakkies competing in Intermediate
Eric - Thanks for your critiques on my video when I posted it months ago.
I was amazed at how much you could see from just a helmet cam video. Your suggestions were appreciated and were helpful. There was only one other RV at the contest. It was the -6A in one of the pictures and he flew in Sportsman. As for why I couldn't fly like how I did in round 3..... well ......nerves I guess. I was only 1% behind first place after the first round but fell back in round two because I was so jacked up and pulling more G than needed. I needed to relax. Round 3 was done on day two after a flight home and a chance to chill out. One big thing I learned was to focus on flying smooth. It's a bit of an art to be able to pull to a line quickly and crisply but not overly aggressively. Sounds weird but that's how I see it.
Don - "The Yank and Banks" !! Sounds good. Let me know when our first team meeting is

..... Well being from Canada we're often referred to as "Canucks". You being a "Yankee" ......so how about "The Yank and 'Nucks" .......er..... well maybe not......sound too much like "yank my nuts"

Wouldn't look good on the brochure.
Darren