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Thank you. Hopefully it's not too dizzying.

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Racing went well. Struggled for consistency, but so did most. Was fortunate to finish in 3rd. Enjoyed flying and finished all races (most did not). Could not have flown anything close to how I did today even 6 months ago (at Nationals).

This was my cleanest run for the day (out of 11 attempts). Most flight I made had many more mistakes and collisions than this run. Even this run had one gate collision, but not bad enough to make me crash (or even sustain any damage).

For this run, there was a 20mph wind blowing in the same direction as we launched from. You cannot see it in the camera, but it sure makes a difference to how the drone flies. Makes things just that much harder.

At the very end I land upside down. I then use a method to reverse two motors and turn the drone over. It's called turtle mode. It's a useful little trick when racing and allows you to get back up flying if nothing is too badly damaged.

Race drones are tough. They can usually be limped home with bent propellors, or even an entire missing propeller blade (2 blades missing is iffy, 3 blades missing (or an entire propeller) is usually too much). Race drones usually fly with 4, 3 bladed propellers.

I like to keep fresh flowers in the house. These are the ones I have this week- yellow small rose sprays mixed with a small spring bouquet. Courtesy of Trader Joe’s😊 I wish I had a green thumb.

Yes x 3 today 20 min quigong /yoga, 45 min walk