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By Rob Romash (rob@eclipsetoys.com)
Once you are either off the airplane in Albuquerque or exit Interstate 25, there are only two ways to drive get to Springerville, Arizona—home of the Springerdome, affectionately called “The Enormodome,” and the site of this year’s Indoor Nats. Either route takes you more than 100 miles into the desert, heading west.

And that's a wrap! Friday was the final day of the 2018 Outdoor Nats. Find out how Control Line Speed and Racing competitors finished. This is the last issue of the 2018 NatsNews.
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Thursday was the final day of the 2018 RC Helicopter Nats, and today is the last day of the Control Line (CL) Racing and Speed Nats. Today's contests include the Muncie 500 (unofficial event), Big Block, and Jet.

On the third day of the RC Helicopter and Control Line Racing and Speed Nats, the rain finally ended and the sun came out. This allowed the RC Scale Helicopter Nats contest to finish and the winners were named. The other RC Helicopter classes continue today.

Tuesday's Nats can be described in one word: wet! Rain persisted throughout the day, again causing delays in Control Line (CL) Racing, CL Speed, and RC Helicopter.

Monday's rain delayed and shortened some of the contests at the 2018 Outdoor Nats. The Control Line Racing and Speed contests were held in between rain showers, while part of the RC Helicopter competition was delayed until the sky cleared in the evening.

Today marks the start of the final week of the 2018 Outdoor Nats. One competition ended on Saturday, and the final three events—RC Helicopter, Control Line (CL) Speed, and CL Racing—start today.

The 2018 Outdoor Free Flight Nats wrapped up at the International Aeromodeling Center on Friday. Today is the last day of the RC Soaring Nats.

A threat of afternoon thunderstorms on Thursday did not stop the Free Flight pilots from competing in the 2018 Outdoor Nats. At RC Soaring, the winner of Unlimited was announced.

Participation was down in some Outdoor Free Flight Nats events on Tuesday, but it picked back up on Wednesday. Also on Wednesday, the first day of Unlimited Thermal Duration Soaring took place.