In a first of its kind initiative taken by air wing of National Cadet Corps (NCC) in Jharkhand, an air show is going to be organised here on the occasion of Republic Day celebrations.
According to Wing Commander Saikat Chaudhary of NCC, it will be a centre of attraction for all, especially children, who will be demonstrated on how fighter planes actually work in the battlefield (through aero-models).
“It has actually been planned to give them an understanding of how fighter planes actually work in the air. It will be a control line flying where the two aero-models will fly in the air within a radius of 40 feet through a wire fitted along with it, having all controls with the operator,” said Training In-charge (Air Wing) Om Bir Singh. The show will be operated completely by the NCC cadets who have been trained rigorously in this regard, added Singh.
He further explained that control line flying (also called U-Control) is a simple and light way of controlling a flying model aircraft where the aircraft is connected to the operator by a pair of lines, attached to a handle, that work as the elevator of the model. It allows the model to be controlled in the pitch axis. It is constrained to fly on the surface of a hemisphere by the control lines, he said.
“It is going to be a show of around 10 minutes where two aero-models will move in a circular mode also doing dog fight where they will chase each other in order to hit each other down as is done in the battlefields. Some acrobatics will also be done by the aero-models during the show,” added Singh.
The children, during the show, will also get acquainted with speed as well as the method of making those aero-models in order to develop a sense of interest in them regarding the field, said the instructor.
The aero-model, according to Singh, runs on fuel made out of mixing ethanol and other chemicals, which is filled inside an in-built tank in the model. The model automatically comes on ground as soon as the fuel gets exhausted in it, added Singh.
Since these models move at a high speed, air clearance of around 100 feet will be required in the ground for the show. “We have requested the district administration to provide us air clearance of 100 feet to organized the show as the wire itself will be of 40 feet and we need extra 50 feet to operate the aero-models for safety purposes,” said Chaudhary.
Deputy Commissioner Manoj Kumar also said that the district administration has given a go ahead to the NCC.