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Flying at a farm in India

Gallery,

Here are some pictures from Dinkar in India.

He mentioned “jowar grain wood”. I am waiting to find out what it is. It may be this.

It was fantastic day for me. I went to one of my relative’s farm. I
collected some children and made squirrel using domestic material
sitting under a tree… there was no table, I used large aluniniun plate
as a platform… children enjoy it for nearly 5 hours. They asked me some
questions, I tried to answer them.

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DIY Propeller

Experimental,

Here’s a DIY propeller from Dinkar in India.

Here are the last night pictures of making a propeller. The raw materials that I have used are-two wooden spoons 5cm
each), empty ball-pen refill, metal wire, thread, fevicol & fevikwick etc.  This time one of my friends Vasant who is also primary teacher, working in same district where am I, came and joined me. He is on holidays now living at Nanded i.e. nearly 100 km away from my town. But specially he visit me to take squirrel kit for his students. He will send me some pictures of his activities.   Take care. –Dinkar

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Flying Banner

Experimental

I’m working on a collection of projects but one that seems to be surfacing is this flying banner project. The working name is “Voice”.

I have a working model without the intended tail. I am very pleased with its flying characteristics. I did a couple of test flights in a constrained area then damaged it (I didn’t glue it properly or wait for it to dry). But it’s pretty clear this thing has roll and pitch stability.

The next experiment will be a 12×24″ (30x60cm) version.

I felt that reflex was tricky so I did something different (that I’ve been thinking about for a while). I raised the first 2.5 inches of the leading edge. Sort of like the opposite of reflex. My friend Michael suggested I call it “Preflex”. I like it.

There is a small collection of issues to work out but I’m excited about this project.

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