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Pilots got all of their rounds in today with no weather delays, and the schedule held from start to finish. With preliminary flying complete, each pilot dropped their lowest-round score. That drop matters more than it sounds.

Rain and low ceilings pushed the start of competition back more than two hours on Tuesday. Once the field opened up, the 2026 NSRCA Nationals got a full day of flying in.

The 2026 National Society of Radio Controlled Aerobatics (NSRCA) Nationals opened today with the kind of day that sets the tone for the whole week: airplanes coming out of vans, pilots walking the flightlines, and everyone sizing up the air before a single official point goes on the board.

If the start of Bifecta day one was perfect, this was the definition of “complete opposite!”

Togetherness is the theme for this year's winch-launched events. AMA introduced its new competition rules for flying electric and winch together this year… mixed launch!

It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood. The sun is shining, the winds are light and variable, and we all pulled our ballast from our little wooden contraptions.

The closing day of the 100th FF Nats was basically a carbon copy weather-wise of Thursday: We had northeast winds under 5 mph, scattered clouds, and very comfortable temperatures only topping out around 80 degrees Fahrenheit.

Oh man, F5J was intense! I'm exhausted from three days of hard-core flying. F3L began today with a bit of damp ground, fog, and it was really chilly.

It was the day we’d been waiting for all week. Temperatures were in the 60s-70s, wind was light and variable, and there were copious thermals. Heaven is Muncie, Indiana for the FF Nats.

The 2026 IMAC Nationals are officially in the books!