Well since you asked I just got my new canopy and fins today and couldn't resist putting them on and taking some pictures I have a lot on my myspace profile and will upload some High Resolution ones later tonight, still on Dial up (Been sick so I had to push getting High speed back till March 7th...aarrgghh I want to play Call of Duty Damit!!!)
Honestly learing to fly a fixed pitched heli then trying to transfer to one that isn't, is very hard, because with a fixed pitch you have to use the throttle to hover. where as with a non-fixed pitched you don't it's all about the collective. Like you said fixed pitch you have to bring the throttle down to get it to land well doing that (at the same rate of speed) with a non-fixed pitch will definetely slam it into the ground Something you'll have to get used especially when you are in 3D/idle up mode where you'll be maintaining your engine rpms regardless of pitch.
Well so far this is all I found for the event in wisconsin.
http://www.rcuniverse.com/community/...2008&cobrand=1
I swear when I first saw this it said there was going to be flying, maybe I miss read it or it changed due to weather?
Anyrate 11 degrees is perfect - also this is just a starting point on my heli I remembered bobby took out some of the Positive pitch and put more in for negative because it would climb really fast when up right but not at the same rate when inverted. Basically you want your rate of climb to be as close as you can get it both upright and inverted. Getting everything to be equal is pretty much the key with heli's at least that's what's been my experience.
Anyrate I'll stop this novel short - here's some pictures of the canopy