Extacy...... Aman is successful!

Phew! That should tell you how relieved we were. Wow! Our next expression.Now, That was extacy. I can't forget the feeling that swept over Nir, Danjan and me when we saw Aman take off for the first time. The landing was even more elegant. That was the reward for the hard(ly) work we had put in since about a month and a half.
Guys who have read the previous post on Aman! I had told you that I would keep updating you about Aman. So, here is.

Well last Sunday, it was a small step for Anjan, Nir, Megh and I but it was a giant leap for Aman. The previous day there was a "Niranjan's - Believe it or not"! He took the plane to Bangalore by train. The next day, we went to the Jakkur Air Field on the outskirts of Bangalore. This was the first time I would see remote controled planes fly. I had been waiting for this day from the time we started with the project. It somehow eluded me everytime. There, waiting for Adarsh (our project guide), were about 25 people. He is the trainer for everyone there. They get their planes and Adarsh fills them with the passion he has for this relatively expensive hobby. Age is absolutely no bar. I saw there people from the age of 10 to 65. The aspect that struck me most was that, even the old are interested in this kind of a leisure activity. Everyone there is friendly and willing and in fact wanting to help each other.
Staring with Suman, who lent us his transmitter and receiver for the project. Sharath helped us with the final settings in our model. All this time (the busy) Adarsh was testing and teaching other people with their models. We were getting quite angry and iritated with him because he wasn't even running-in our model; something we had to do before flying it. We had reached Jakkur at 9 and it was close to 12:30. Finally, he did come and got us started up.
I will not bore you guys with how the running in is done. Anyway, we used twofull tanks of fuel for tuning the engine. Now was the time. After a few final checks (without which the plane would have crashed - The clevices on all the control surface were loose). Thanks to Niranjan, we corrected it and got underway. I was quite circumspect about flying the plane that day, because we had a broken nose wheel. But Adarsh's confidence rubbed onto us. He gunned the engine, like that way you would have seen in the old films. By rotating the propeller! Then came the longest 10 secs in my recent past life. It was time dilation to it's perfect ultimate. Aman gathered speed and zipped along the runway without any sign of the nose wheel wobbling. We (Nir, Anjan and I) kept chanting in our minds: TAKE OFF, TAKE OFF......... And take off: it did! It seriously did. A feeling of relief came upon me and I felt that the time till now wasn't a waste but Project Aman was successful. Yeah!
Taking off was actually only to prove that the plane is flyable. Then it was all up to Adarsh to see what the plane could actually do. In the first sortie he did just the basic stuff, nothing special. Then came the landing, the next point of choking (for us at least). It was as smooth as greased lighting! At that point we were in seventh heaven. And all sated(in spite of not eating since 8; it was around 3:30)! In the second sortie, Adarsh then flew the plane to it's limit! Rolls, Vertical Charlies....... the works.

After a "clean" landing

After all that was done with, we were already thinking of how to show-off .......LOL. We then made our ways home separately pooped and drained. I was so tired, on the way to the railway station, I slept in the auto for 10 mins. But in the train Niranjan and I couldn't hide the excitement and didn't doze off even for a few seconds. Well that day had taken it's toll on us..... on me at least. I have been sick with a very high fever since two days. But the satisfaction is unfathomable.
I will keep updating you guys about Aman, that is, if you are interested. Well, even if you aren't I will write and force you to read ;)
So much for this time!