functional, but in the end i mostly set it where I like it an leave it there. I used to trim the nose down a hair to help avoid porpoising at high speeds and then back up for wakeboarding, but the lake i'm on now (lake austin) rarely has conditions that let me really open it up anyway. Also, one of my cheapo ebay actuators crapped out. All together i'd say it was a successful project, but it doesn't buy you all that much.