I loosened the flippers then raised the tips by a few degrees and tightened them again, made the gap a few mm smaller and i can still cradle and make all the shots and definately improved my scores with less drains. Anyone else done this?

Lifting the tips of the flippers just a tad closes the mahoosive gap just a tad which isn't a bad thing. I did this when I became 2nd owner and knocked the GC off the board in 1 day. I wasn't used to a previous alignment so didn't have to relearn any shots. The seller was a good player and I'm sh1te and still haven't got too far into the game so I haven't made it easy at all, just a fraction less hard...

From what I recall Trudeau added his classic "gap" then when the pfs went to final design it was added again in error.

Then dipping the flipper tips to compensate again? What a clusterfuck! Who knows, I love the game myself, going to stay with me a while, would love a topper but hard to find and way over priced really for what it is.....