In just a bit over 12 hours my dad and I will be on the road to XFC! Planning to get there late, go right to sleep, and be at the field for the qualifier early Thursday morning.

This hasn't been an easy road preparing for XFC. My last blog outlines the early issues. On the second test-flight after the repair, engine power dropped to idle and wouldnt advance. I landed, and after some inspection found that the crash broke the prop hub woodruff key and in the air the prop hub rotated around the shaft. We built a rig to pull the prop hub off and did so. I luckily managed to find the...

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With the indoor season finally over and the weather getting good for some giant-scale flying, I've been putting the gallons through my 102" Quique Yak. I took it down to Joe Nall, flew a few times, and had a blast. While there Andrew and Frank put a dangerous thought into my head... to come out to Muncie for the last-minute XFC qualifier. We talked about it a bit, and I spent the ride home listening to music, planning my freestyle.

So, in the past few weeks since then, I've been getting used to my still fairly new Yak, pushing the envelope and seeing what it's capable of. I flew...

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