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Yeah, well, I mean, it's never finished.

I'm still doing

stuff now.

When version one was finished.

Just that first flight.

That was the pivotal moment.

Everything else was like, we'll make everything else work.

Now it's all flying.

I had some slight things that I wanted to tweak, like that exhaust, for example.

I realized that a crack was forming in my exhaust, which is... what pushed me to go to the veteran.

Yeah.

Like there's, there's always little things to change, but like the true moment was that first flight.

That was when everything, you know, came to fruition.

What would you say got you through the building? And when I say got you through, I mean, did you have a coffee addiction, Diet Coke, just your wife being super supportive? Was there a crutch that you had that you just needed to help you get through everything and support you for those 18-hour days?

100% my wife.

She battened down the hatches in our house and just made it happen.

And when you would have a wife that...

All of a sudden, at that end, I was spending probably $1,000 to $2,000 a week on just little parts, the things that needed to show up.

And I was like, oh, I got to replace this, or I got to buy this.

Or, oh, crap, I didn't realize I needed these solenoids.

Or, oh, no, I forgot the connector kit to my VPX.

There was just lots of little things that were like, I just needed them there.

And never once did she complain.

She's like, buy it.

Spend it.

Yeah, well, I mean, it's never finished.

I'm still doing

stuff now.

When version one was finished.

Just that first flight.

That was the pivotal moment.

Everything else was like, we'll make everything else work.

Now it's all flying.

I had some slight things that I wanted to tweak, like that exhaust, for example.

I realized that a crack was forming in my exhaust, which is... what pushed me to go to the veteran.

Yeah.

Like there's, there's always little things to change, but like the true moment was that first flight.

That was when everything, you know, came to fruition.

What would you say got you through the building? And when I say got you through, I mean, did you have a coffee addiction, Diet Coke, just your wife being super supportive? Was there a crutch that you had that you just needed to help you get through everything and support you for those 18-hour days?

100% my wife.

She battened down the hatches in our house and just made it happen.

And when you would have a wife that...

All of a sudden, at that end, I was spending probably $1,000 to $2,000 a week on just little parts, the things that needed to show up.

And I was like, oh, I got to replace this, or I got to buy this.

Or, oh, crap, I didn't realize I needed these solenoids.

Or, oh, no, I forgot the connector kit to my VPX.

There was just lots of little things that were like, I just needed them there.

And never once did she complain.

She's like, buy it.

Spend it.