Hi Guys,

Just landed from Singapore today morning.  Been there to attend the Radio Controlled Scale 2009 Competition held by the Potong Pasir Club in Singapore.  Capt. Velraj from Chennai participated with his fully detailed Tiger Moth and won first prize in static display in the Master Scale category.  There were a lot of fully detailed scale airplanes and helis on the field.  Unluckily, the winds were very gusty and strong and we had to witness a few crashes on the second day of flying.  In fact, our very own Tiger Moth from India also was prey to the extreme conditions as the wings folded mid air!! Tough Luck!! So we made ourselves content as the Static Display Winners!!

I had also bought a fancy torque starter from Align! It runs from a 3s Lipo and  hence is cordless and extremely light!! Check out the link below.  It is basically a heli starter but I also have the airplane starting unit for it!  It is a geared unit and can start upto a 50cc Gasser !

http://www.rcheliresource.com/hands-on-align-super-starter-for-helicopter-hfsstq01/

Also check out pics of the competition!

- Chan

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Quote from: chanvivek on November 23, 2009, 05:19:18 PM
Capt. Velraj from Chennai participated with his fully detailed Tiger Moth and won first prize in static display in the Master Scale category.  
- Chan

Great going Chan !!! sanjeev was telling me about it. Congrats to Capt Velraj and to all the guys who were part of the effort.

Once again kudos to all you guys, have made us all Indians proud.
Hope that you'll achieve many more laurels in the future

Team RCDhamaka
Kartik Shah

Congrats Chan and others 

All new starters at our field are also the Align ones.  Going to get one myself 

Congrats to Capt Velraj  winning an award in the very first international event he participated in  and to all those who went along to boost his morale 

Anwar this is a big thing in our RC world here please make it a separate thread rather than being a part of the weeks activities.

sai

Congrats guys..

Now, Chennai is really a hotspot for RC!.. Great going.

Thanks for all the wishes guys.. Lets make this more happening next year and come back with the overall trophy as well!!

- Chan

Congrats to Captain Velraj and all the team members who participated. This is really a great happenning for India and it does us proud.

Wish we could have something like this in India... A meet with a little bit of fun and competition in a small way to get ourselves used to the concept and kick start a yearly event.

Probably at some place like Ajith's airfield, if he does not mind hosting the competition

Saju

Exactly and also hopefully will improve the PR for this hobby.

Absolutely fantastic news! All praise to Captain Velraj. Regret that he had a mishap. Hope the plane wasn't written off.

I agree with the idea of an Indian meet. Not very easy to organise but possible if we all work at it. Let's bounce this around and see what comes up, especially the venue.

Quote from: tg on November 24, 2009, 10:31:31 AM
Exactly and also hopefully will improve the PR for this hobby.

Many here fly with the uncomfortable truth of the legality of this hobby. Why not take the stage of the sp4mm3r and raise the concerns to the authorities. I guess the Professors at IITs should be ready to help us reach to revolutionary Education/Sport ministers.
I know it would like putting hand in a  bee hive.

May be the Seniors who have spent 10's of  years in this hobby are the right person to take the lead that we rookies spoiling the entire RC scene in the country. Its more ignorance of the authority that we have so many issues. If they teach that at NCC, why can't grown ups do on their own!!

Quote from: ujjwaana on November 24, 2009, 12:23:01 PM

Quote from: tg on November 24, 2009, 10:31:31 AM
Exactly and also hopefully will improve the PR for this hobby.

Many here fly with the uncomfortable truth of the legality of this hobby. Why not take the stage of the sp4mm3r and raise the concerns to the authorities. I guess the Professors at IITs should be ready to help us reach to revolutionary Education/Sport ministers.
I know it would like putting hand in a  bee hive.

May be the Seniors who have spent 10's of  years in this hobby are the right person to take the lead that we rookies spoiling the entire RC scene in the country. Its more ignorance of the authority that we have so many issues. If they teach that at NCC, why can't grown ups do on their own!!

Better left as questions looking for answers to such things is better left to the good old saying :

""  Cross the bridge when you come to it """

Ujjwal ,
Don't mind my saying it but please post in the thread what is relevant this thread is for appreciating Capt's Win . so it would be better to have matters related to that here.

Sai

Here is the announcement  on the Singapore forum :
http://www.rc-ms.com/forums1/index.php?topic=3283.15

Sai

Congratulations to Capt Velraj on the fantastic acheivement. Could have been better if all of you who went there had partcipated as well.
May be next time?

Congratulations!!!!!!!!

Indian pilots are known to be one of the best in the world.  Now also the RC pilots.  Yiiippeee!!
PROUD TO BE AN INDIAN! JAI HO!!!

The way things are going it appears that Chennai will soon be the RC capital of India.
I also extend my greetings to all those who have been as a team in conceptualizing, making, testing, transporting, sponsoring( individuals / corporates ) etc. etc. till the win.
Keep it up.

Congratulations!!!!!!!!

Congratualtions  . .... Superb job