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 .I was capable of completing the challenge correctly and was called for the next round on the 2nd day! woohoo! .
when i was sleeping at night 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 . the reporting time given was 6:30 sharp but except me everyone came late .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 .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!  
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!
                                                       

Good man 

That's great!      
There should be a similar contest for schools also   

Awesome.


@Divyam:No need of it man .We'll be in college next year

congrats prateek   {:)}do you have any video

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!

thanks a lot!
and yes dinil there is an on-board video of the second round-



enjoy!

Hey guys I have a good news!  

I HAVE DONE IT AGAIN!

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!

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.

Thanks Sumeet
I will surely try to make it a hatrick!

Congrats again! Waiting for the hat trick!

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....

Congrats man!
You're really good at what you do!

thanks everyone!