I received these photos from my new friend Dinkar in India.
He introduced the Squirrel model airplane project to teachers who are in training.
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School project report
Here are some lovely pictures from Dinkar in India.
It was wonderful & amazing experience for us to see squirrel flying in
our school. Children enjoy it. Video shooting isn’t possible on mobile, so I will
send you video shortly. Here are some pictures for you. Tomorrow
children will make squirrels. What I say about squirrel is – “Simple
structure with high performance”. Have a good day. — Dinkar Narwade
Another donation to India
I have been corresponding with Dinkar who has been making Squirrels and so forth from scratch in India. He has making model planes as a school project.
I sent him a box a while back which was not received yet. So I decided to send his next box now so he won’t have to wait as long.
I included a hand full of Squirrels a winder and some lubrication for the rubber. This will go in the mail tomorrow as soon as the post office opens.
The first box has a hand full of Squirrels so they can get them going and have fun with hand winding. This box will move them to the next level.
Model plane experiments in school in India
My new friend Dinkar who is a school teacher from India sent me these pictures today.
He made these wings out of thin bamboo. He says they didn’t work and he feels it’s because the bamboo was too thin.
It’s pretty clear he is resourceful and I’m sure the kids are excited about this project. They should be receiving their genuine Squirrel kits in the mail any day now. I hope they enjoy them! If anybody would like to donate, I’ll send them another box of goodies.
Thermo col (foam) wings
My new friend Dinkar in India sent some more pictures. He’s trying different materials to see what happens. I think this is very constructive since the children will learn to be resourceful. Actually I think this will work if it’s cut much thinner. It may need a spar for the wing.
Today i used thermo col wings to reduce weight of squirrel,but it
didn’t worked.Propellers that you used are not available in my
nearest town.We all eagerly waiting for parcel.
