Title: Winning Tailspin at Quark 2011 Post by: prateek13 on February 06, 2011, 04:36:27 PM i was present for the event "Tailspin" in Bits pilani
On the first day when i reached the venue i flew my plane just for testing and trimming before the competition started.At the time of landing the c-clip of my motor got loose and fell somewhere :'( :'( . After about 30 long minutes i found one spare in my kit :).Now a new problem developed! :( >:( the motor was not fitting exactly on my new mount :'(. It took me another hour to fix it in place at last ;) :P {:)} .I was capable of completing the challenge correctly and was called for the next round on the 2nd day! woohoo! ;D {:)} {:)} (:|~ (:|~ >:D 8) :D. when i was sleeping at night :sleepy: :sleepy: :sleepy: i was only thinking of the next round. 6:30 AM was the time in my watch when i reached the venue.To my surprise there was no one there except me my father and one of the organizers :headscratch: ???. the reporting time given was 6:30 sharp but except me everyone came late ;D 8-) .Till the I practiced on the open field and also tried landing as precisely as I could.When 2 out of the selected 8 teams arrived i was confident enough to fly and complete the challenge.(for Round 2 there will be 3 bedsheets kept at different places on the ground. A camera recording a video will be securely attached to the aircraft and the team will have to fly over the three bedsheets such that an image of each is recorded in the video)When i was ready i realized that one of the connection of my XT60 to the ESC was lose and was coming out! :'( :'( :'( .I reacted immediately and took out my soldering iron and soldered the connector back to the ESC securely :bow: >:D ;D .I was the first one to fly in the 2nd round.The organizers attached a cellphone on my plane securely and i threw it in the air.My scores were based on the fllowing - Landing Points (LP): Distance from centre of landing zone Points Less than 1m 100 1m to 3m 80 3m to 5m 60 5m to 7m 40 Safe landing outside landing zone 10 Crash landing 0 Time Points (TP) = 240-T (T is the time taken to complete the task in seconds) Video Points (VP) = N*25 (N is the number of bags covered in the video) TOTAL = TP + VP + LP So accordingly i got 297 points- TP= 240-53 =187 VP= 2*25 =50 LP= 60(landed safely inside the circle at 3.36m from the center mark) all other flyers had difficulty in landing inside the circle except me and another guy who crashed his plane inside after flying for 142 seconds therefore didn't get any landing points. at the end of the event i was declared the winner! (:|~ {:)} {:)} :bow: ;D :) I was verrrrrry happppppy!!!!!! my father was with me and was feeling very proud! the most interesting part is that i was the youngest among all in the competition and all others were engineering students! I am feeling at the top of the world after this achievement. I sincerely thank all fellow RCI members for helping me and specially medicineman1987 and R C for designing the wonderful plane- GLIDIATOR now i can call it the winning plane of Quark 2011! Title: Re: Winning Tailspin at Quark 2011 Post by: ved on February 06, 2011, 04:54:35 PM Good man {:)} {:)} {:)} {:)}
Title: Re: Winning Tailspin at Quark 2011 Post by: Divyam on February 06, 2011, 05:24:20 PM That's great! {:)} {:)} {:)}
There should be a similar contest for schools also :giggle: Title: Re: Winning Tailspin at Quark 2011 Post by: iamahuman on February 06, 2011, 05:33:26 PM Awesome.
@Divyam:No need of it man >:D.We'll be in college next year ;D >:D Title: Re: Winning Tailspin at Quark 2011 Post by: prateek13 on February 17, 2011, 09:54:34 PM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTDwCZ8GkHA
Title: Re: Winning Tailspin at Quark 2011 Post by: dinil on February 17, 2011, 10:22:38 PM congrats prateek {:)} {:)}do you have any video
Title: Re: Winning Tailspin at Quark 2011 Post by: VC on February 17, 2011, 11:05:56 PM First of all, CONGRATULATIONS AND VERY WELL DONE! {:)} {:)} {:)}
The reason why you easily beat the Engineering guys is because you follow your heart and they follow theory. I know, I teach them. They know all about physics and aerodynamics and the related formulas, but most of them can't connect an ESC to a motor, let alone fly a plane to save their lives. No offence meant to anybody present here, I'm just referring to the general / average junta that I meet at engineering colleges and IIT's. Secondly, "there was no one there except me my father my father was with me and was feeling very proud!" Now this is something you should be REALLY treasure! That sounds just like my Dad. Give your Dad my best regards. God bless! Title: Re: Winning Tailspin at Quark 2011 Post by: prateek13 on February 17, 2011, 11:37:38 PM thanks a lot!
and yes dinil there is an on-board video of the second round- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-hWpGoyDkI enjoy! Title: Re: Winning Tailspin at Quark 2011 Post by: prateek13 on February 08, 2012, 04:31:52 PM Hey guys I have a good news! ;D
I HAVE DONE IT AGAIN! {:)} >:D This year I was again the youngest but no one could stop me from achieving my goal! Thank you all members of RCI! I won the same event,Starscream, this year also! And that too with the same plane! The Glidiator V2.5 ! I am feeling very good! :) Now I want to achieve a Hatrick..... Pics and videos coming up soon! Please leave your comments, it makes me feel good! ;) Title: Re: Winning Tailspin at Quark 2011 Post by: Sumeet on February 08, 2012, 04:43:33 PM Its not a good news, Its a "GREAT NEWS" buddy. {:)}
Congratulations on this victory. Its sure going to be a Hatrick next year. Keep it up. Keep flying and building. Congratulations once more and wish you all the best for the next year. Cheers. Title: Re: Winning Tailspin at Quark 2011 Post by: prateek13 on February 08, 2012, 09:24:40 PM Thanks Sumeet
I will surely try to make it a hatrick! Title: Re: Winning Tailspin at Quark 2011 Post by: VC on February 08, 2012, 09:51:34 PM Congrats again! Waiting for the hat trick! :hatsoff:
Title: Re: Winning Tailspin at Quark 2011 Post by: AEROVISHWA on February 08, 2012, 09:59:56 PM congrats man.....
i was suppose to join in for quarks... but had just returned from IIT-K on 2nd... and tired... hence could not.... will meet u next year.... Title: Re: Winning Tailspin at Quark 2011 Post by: Divyam on February 09, 2012, 06:52:36 AM Congrats man!
You're really good at what you do! :) Title: Re: Winning Tailspin at Quark 2011 Post by: prateek13 on February 09, 2012, 05:48:41 PM thanks everyone!
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