Daijiworld News Network - Mangalore - with inputs from Shekar Ajekar in Karkala
Mangalore / Karkala, Aug 16: The Independence Day this year saw the spirit of India soaring high in the skies in Karkala with a helicopter model indigenously built by two creative youth Ratnakar Naik and Vikram, from the city of Gomateshwara. They call themselves Flyboyz, Karkala and run a vehicle agency.
The moments of soaring glory
The taluk officials and the police gave the duo full support and cooperation in the special attraction of the Independence Day. Among those present were Karkala MLA Sunil Kumar, taluk panchayat president Vikram Hegde, vice president Mohini S Kumar, dySP Parameshwarappa, PSI Ujjinappa, taluk panchayat official Rajendra Bekal, chief officer of TMC R V Jattanna and others.
The ingenious duo posing with their brainchild
More than a thousand people watched the event with rapt attention and holding their breath, when the model helicopter was flown over the Gandhi Maidan at 10-00 am. The experiment is said to be the first of its kind in DK and Udupi districts. The model was flown at a height of about 100 feet with the help of a remote control.
Technical details:
Engine: Size 39
Fuel : Nicro Methane 10%, Castrol 20% and Methanol 70%
System: Collective Cyclic Pitch Mixing (CCPM)-based
Blade: Carbon Fibre Rotor
Size: Rotor diameter 1100 mm
Rotor head to Rotor tail ratio: 1:4 gear ratio
Remote control: 6-channel FM computer-controlled system
Daijiworld Impact:
Reading the advance story on daijiworld.com, Ravishankar Daitota, founder-member of Karnataka Amateur Aero Modelling Society, contacted daijiworld's Mangalore office seeking more details. He informed that the Society has been receiving enquiries about aero models from all over India. The Society, Daitota added, was interested in studying the Karkala boys' model and wanted to honour the duo. If found feasible, it would be recommended as prototype model for experiments in other parts of the country. As a regular reader, he complimented daijiworld's coverage of the event.
Ratnakar Naik also called to thank daijiworld for establishing contact with the Aero Modelling Society and if the matter clicks, the entire credit would be daijiworld's, he added. He revealed that it took them about four years' efforts on research and development of the model.
The Aero Modelling Society representatives, after getting in touch with the creative duo through daijiworld, are planning to visit Karkala next week and help them develop a larger model which will be demonstrated on a bigger scale soon.
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