Flight of 8 April 2008 - Black Knights glider

Yesterday saw the 830 lab class having fun throwing their glider after their whole test n everything.. apparently huiwen's pink dolphin got the 2nd best distance in their class n kenneth & sikuan's glider the 'black hawk' hit the other end of the hangar though only prof jorg schulter was ard; so w/o e other 2 teachers ard 2 c its performance, that flight couldnt b counted though here on youtube, huiwen posted that magnificent flight of black hawk's :P

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=My1XfmdCeeQ

Not bad that she managed to get a gd video of it juz when it decided 2 fly ;)

hmm the 'show & tell' session was alright, jingxin(& yonghwa, timothy, bangwei)'s group was before mine, lance's before theirs and so thankfully by the time it got 2 our turn, the 3 profs were a bit tired of asking qns :P e 3 profs were prof schulter(dunno whether spelt correctly), materials lect prof n prof yongki go (yr1 coordinator). n jingxin was a really gd speaker too, talking so fluently n flawlessly lyk he knew everything though apparently he juz saw the paper juz b4 e presentation n smoked his way thru ;) lucky him.. haha but that meant that the profs were tired of asking qns after their group alr :P yay... coz i had 2 present wif benjamin n i wasnt clear (or that clear) abt the concept n theory... lucky my part aint tt technical n the profs didnt really post much difficult qns, they didnt ask much! :D

Then for the real flight itself... it was cool :P me on e ground was nervous for kitling n yvette on b3 n b3m, think they muz hav felt worse.. whenever it came 2 our group 2 fly our 'black knights' glider (coz we pasted black knights sticker on it as supplied by yvette :p ), they'll always take their time 2 check if the tail is centre n whether the ailerons n elevators r working.. pretty cool watching them do that while the others juz fly their glider when it's their turn coz they looked so pro! lyk they knew wat they were doing which they did of coz :P heh so fun! n when it came 2 distance flight... our glider flew 2 e last pillar from the back so it's lyk 3/4 of the hangar,.. yay! :P 1st try flew that far n 2nd try juz slighter lesser than that... then after that also no one beat that distance so very happy :D
For precision, kitling controlled it pretty well such that both times landed within the 'runway' that was marked wif masking tape on the ground.. 2nd time was slightly better coz slid to the middle of the runway.. :D then the materials prof was commenting to the other profs that 'oh twice also'.. then i was walking past so v happy :D!!
hmm but gliders lyk lance's n jingxin's which were supposed 2 perform didnt really... coz lance's one broke after e 1st/2nd flight.. ouch.. unlucky.. then it couldnt fly well after it broke.. then jingxin's dunno wat changes they made 2 it coz ytd it couldnt fly at all, kept nosediving, they said one of their servo also spoilt so hmm prob combination of unfortunate things..
then after 2 tries still got time so since our group wanted 2 try distance again, i approached the profs 2 get 'em 2 watch again... n i guess all e other groups also wanted 2 try again so i was lyk surrounded a bit by a lot of ppl after i asked e profs.. lol i was lyk woah where did all these ppl came from.. hahaha... so they were all on the 'landing area' but of coz they cleared the middle area for our glider but it was alright coz.... our glider totally flew over everyone n headed for the end of the hangar!!!!!! WAY COOL! hahahahaa kitling so pro lar! he got the glider to pitch up gently everytime it was tilting downwards so it managed 2 fly so long, so far!! i saw the whole thing!! O.O it was woah........! neat man! n i couldnt stop smiling when i went 2 get it back while prof jorg marked e spot :P

Here's our glider: 'Black Knights'

Our group T2-4 and our glider in MAL!

hehe euphoria... apparently prof jorg was v interested in our glider coz after e whole thing when kitling n yvette juz went up again 2 try n c if we can fly it that far again 2 record it down on video he was on the lift up n he asked qns abt our glider :) seems lyk all e effort wasnt wasted.. pity the fuselage broke that time when we tried again after e whole thing.. nvm glued n taped it back n returned it.. anyway it's only worth if it flew well during the flight itself, imagine if all e time it was doing ok but it didnt perform during the most crucial flight then every1 in e group will b pretty sad that all e effort was 4 naught... i should think it's prob lyk how jingxin's n lance's group would hav felt.. hmm well juz glad tt it's over then time 2 focus on other more AUs subj :P yup.. torturous but gotta try 2 score... this time 5 papers only, gotta make sure i do better, else it'll b stupid 2 hav 1 less paper than last sem yet dun do better... yup. gotta force myself 2 hit e bks/notes.. lyk muz.. dun care how i might feel i juz gotta force myself.. this is e only way 2 not feel too stressed hopefully...

btw juz an interesting note.. benjamin wrote E pluribus unum on our glider which means 'Out of Many, one' in Latin.. cool eh... always thought latin was fun.. mebbe i shall go learn it someday :)