Up is Down.

Hi, all.

     In the evenings, my parents decided to go to the park. I went with them, and brought along my boomerang, my kite, my sister's (kinda problematic) kite, and my balsa-wood plane.

    First, I started with my balsa-wood plane. I glanced at those people flying those huge remote-controlled gliders that are probably made of high-polyester fiberglass, and I looked at my small, puny little balsa-wood plane, and I sighed. Then, I cheered up at the thought that they did not carve out their planes on their own. I stepped on top of the hill, and launched my glider. It flew perfectly, but it listed to the left side a little. I made a mental note to mount spoilers on the starboard wing. I then adjusted the rudder and launched it again. This time, the wind grew stronger and the glider got blown backwards and crashed to the ground.  I picked it up and threw it again. My poor Flight Machine mark II.  The wind suddenly grew very strong. The plane hovered. Then it shook its butt at me. Tilted left, tilted right, yawed to starboard, yawed to port-side, pitched up and shot up to the heavens. Then it started to shoot backwards, and completed a full back-flip that I bet even Dixon's jealous of :P  .   "Up" became "down" for the aircraft, though, soon enough. It's back-flip was a little TOO good and it landed on its port-side wing. And hey-ho, its port-side wing broke. Isn't it wonderful? The makings of a wannabe-gymnast (or is it "gymnast-wannabe?"..). Daniel and Damon, perhaps you could help tutor it on how to do back-flips? Dixon too :) Oh and I just realized all three of your names start with a D. Cool...

     Either way, I saw that those guys, who were flying the big and huge and shiny and beautiful remote-controlled gliders that seem to mock my balsa-wood glider, were still not done, so I decided to try out my boomerang. I am very glad to say that I caught it not twice, not thrice, not four times, but ONCE! I threw it, and it curved around in one arc, and then it hovered slowly, and I stretched out my arms and caught it. As for the other times, I didn't manage to catch my boomerang, as the wind was so freaking strong, and it kept blowing my boomerang over my head. If only I was that one or two metres taller. YAO MING, GIVE ME SOME OF YOUR GROWTH HORMONES~!

     After that, I took out my sister's kite and test-flew it for her. It kept listing to the left (my left), so I got my dad to help me take out some masking tape and place it on the right side of the kite, as I was too lazy to walk all the way to where the kite had crashed earlier. I kind-of like this kite, as it can do somersaults (unintentionally), and seems to be more manoeuvrable than my kite. However, I think I can modify my kite to become as manoeuvrable as this one. :D  One thing I don't like about my sister's kite, however, is that it keeps listing to the left (my left), and I don't know why. But I'm gonna find out. :D

After that, it was time to leave, so we left.

That's all.
Seeya
QiYun.

P.S. I love this song! :D

What makes you think that I give up easily? Don't try me. Please, stop trying to test my limits, for I will strive to ensure that I have none.

CSE SMTP

Hi, all.

     Yay, I received my class allocation results. I'm in CSE SMTP. Very surprised, in fact. Hmm. Wonder if Han Yung and Ru Shan are gonna be in the same class as me.. 3S1, anyone?.. Wei Tao got into 3S2 I think.

Seeya
QiYun.

Let's wait. And wait. And wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait.
Until you're willing to come back.

Mornin'!

Good morning everyone.

     Somehow, I woke up just ten seconds before the alarm on my watch rang...
Anyway, I will be adding another post up later, I think.

Seeya,
QiYun

Nothing Much.

Hi, all.

I've changed the weather widget to Weatherbug. It now tells you the wind direction and the wind speed and the temperature. :) If you scroll down more, you should be able to see it. It's just below the "Wingmen" section.

Seeya
QiYun

P.S. Never watch the movie "The Aviator". It's boring. And the main character is too cocky and arrogant and a complete flop. If not for the fact that he can fly a plane, I wouldn't have given two hoots about whether he exists or not.

Boomeranging again. And a kite. And another kite. And rain.

Hi, all.

     Went to the park with my family today. I threw my boomerang, and yay, it returned again. Then after that, took out the kite to fly. My sister's kite's line had a bit of problem, so I used my kite instead. Fly fly fly. Attempted to do a stunt. The kite over-banked and came crashing down. Walk back to the kite. The wind suddenly grew stronger.. I think God realized that I wanted to fly my kite very badly. Anw, launched it again with much ease. Fly fly fly. My itchy hands wanted to do another stunt. The kite over-banked, dived for the ground, then swooped up again. Then my itchy hands wanted to do another stunt again. This time the kite overbanked and crashed. How sad. Anyway, soon after, storm clouds came blowing in and it was time to go.

That's all. I know my life is boring, but I can't help it... >.< Maybe I'll try to get a more interesting life as a fighter pilot next time, but then again, with all the technical terms, it'll probably get boring too. Wait, what's the point of it being interesting if no one reads my blog anyway.... Or at least, those who read my blog are giving me the impression that no one reads it.. >.<

Anyway, yeah. Seeya all soon.
QiYun

Boomeranging again. And water bombing. And boomeranging again. And a near-catch. And other stories.

Hi, all.

     Reached school. Threw boomerang. Went back to RC. Took camera. Go to Command Centre. Got the timetable. Go back to play boomerang. Go to Command centre to take my bag. Go to LT2. Take photo take photo take photo. Then, my hunger pangs came. Went to my bag. Found a bag of gummy candies. Took it out. Shared it with Ru Shan, and some other guys from IDA group 3. Was still hungry. Found a couple more sweets in my bag. Handed out two to two other pple. Then went for lunch. Saw long queue. Very sian. Went to the field with Ru Shan to throw boomerang. Came back. Nothing left! :O
     Ate the puddings that're left over, for lunch. Quite yummy, but after eating one and a half, I grew a little sick of it. Downed the rest of the other one and a half with the help of the fruit punch..
     Then, went to LT@SRC. Take photo take photo take photo. Then go outside to eat tea-break. Then some girls had to go back to their classrooms to change. They asked two very good questions: "Where is my classroom? How do I find my way back?", as well as a very very good statement: "Hwa Chong is soooo BIIIIGGGG!!!". So, I just erm, brought them back to their classrooms.. And then looked around for a bin to throw my Styrofoam plate and plastic cup away.
     Then, we took our cameras, and headed to the terraces.
     They had their mass games on the field. Water-bombing each other and trying to knock down a chair of the other side that's put on top of some tables with the water bombs. Group which knocks down the chair of the opponent group more, will win.
     Then, for the group that lost, the facilitators of the group were forced to sip this funny funny mixed-up liquid.. Which contains one whole tube of wasabi squeezed out, mixed with some chilli thingy, and some other gross stuff..
     Then after that, transfer photos. And went to the command centre to give them Ru Shan's photos. I took too many photos, and Mr Yeo didn't have enough time to transfer all of them, so no choice, have to wait till next time. So yeah, this member of the OT, Zi Tian, just erm, thanked all of the OT for their hard work. At first, me and Ru Shan were like, "I think they forgot about mediatech, but oh nevermind, no one ever will remember anyway..". And then after some time, Zi Tian just paused, and said thank you mediatech. waow. surprised eh, haha.
     After that, we went to the field to throw my boomerang. I somehow managed to correct my throw. And gosh, it improved. The boomerang was suddenly able to return to me, without me needing to run much to catch it. Ru Shan's still kinda struggling with his throws, though. The amount of power that he used to launch the boomerang is okay, but the angle-of-tilt which he launches it at, is not very okay, as sometimes, his hand turns while he's launching, and the boomerang becomes launched horizontally, which is not the case. But still, he improved. And I improved too! There was once, I almost caught my boomerang. But as I reached out to catch it, it hit my hand, bounced off, and before I could do anything else, landed on the ground. I'll still need more practice lol.

     And just now, I saw Tommy and his sister and his mother on the news!! His sister scored 287 for her PSLE. 2nd in Singapore! Congratulations, Joyce! You make Gongshang proud! :D
Speaking of Gongshang, I just realized that the year Mrs Yip left Gongshang, Gongshang became famous! Hmm. oh well, well done, Mrs Yip! And well done, to the new principal too, whoever you may be :)

That's all.
Seeya
QiYun

Boomeranging again. And some Oddities.

Hi, all

     Brought my boomerang to school again today. The track and field people were hogging the field. So I didn't have much chance to play it. I did have a little time during lunch break though. I went to the field, threw the boomerang, and this time, it returned! And it zoomed over my head and landed behind me. So I guess I was right about correcting my tilt-angle of the boomerang when launching it...
     Anyway, for the IDA mass games today, the OT arranged some stuffs in odd ways, and the IDA participants have to try to find the odd things. For instance, sticking candy onto brooms, taking out the shoelaces of someone's shoe, getting one person to wear two different kinds of shoes (i.e. Nike on one foot, Reebok on the other), placing the clock upside-down, writing weird and funny equations in an exercise book and marking it correct (e.g. 1+1=3, x+3x=9x, etc..), replacing the eraser with some kinda candy, replacing the cream in the Oreo biscuit with toothpaste, wearing two watches on a hand, and many more "qian bian" stuff.. XD
      Today was quite fun. Tomorrow there will be water-bombing for the mass games, so, I'll bring an extra set of PE attire. :)

Seeya
QiYun

Boomerang!

Hi all.

     Went to school today. MediaTech photo duty for some IDA conference. Brought my boomerang, as I thought I could throw it in the school field during lunch time. I was right. :D
      During lunch time, after I've finished eating, I went down to the field. Irwin and Bryan just stayed at the top of the terraces to watch. Then they came down to join me. First few times, I succeeded in throwing the boomerang properly. Then I started to throw it the wrong way. And yeah. Succeeded again. Now that I come to think back at my throws, I think it was because I tilted it too little. Will try to tilt it more. Oh, and Irwin's hand slipped when he was trying to throw the boomerang. The boomerang, instead of going straight and vertical, went to his left, and it was horizontal, which isn't good. It zoomed straight, almost hit Bryan, then swooped up, and dived down. Scary.
     Anyway, the boomerang could fly well. A bit of paint was scraped off, especially when I mis-threw it, and it hit the soil hard. Ouch. And what's more, that happened a lot of times. Double Ouch. Anyway, I'm very satisfied with my boomerang.
   
     Tomorrow will be another round of IDA conferencing. Will be kinda boring...

Seeya
QiYun

I'm ageing rapidly.

Almost got knocked down by a van. What in the world was wrong with me? I didn't even see the vehicle coming and just ran across the zebra-crossing to the traffic lights, and then saw the van, and turned back. If the driver didn't brake, and I didn't turn back, I woulda been hit... Thank God that the driver wasn't drunk or something. Oh well, even if the driver WAS drunk and I got knocked down, and can't live to tell this story, I think it's also God's will, eh? God's will that my time is over.

Nothing much. Seeya
QiYun.

The Flight Machine (mark II) pictures.

Hi, all.

     I found some pictures of my balsa-wood plane still in my camera. Before I delete them from my camera, here they are :)

Trying to brace the rudder and make it perpendicular to the elevator, and let the glue dry.

 

The parts.

The Flight Machine (mark II). Now with rudder and elevator trimming. :D And higher-mounted shoulder wings! :D

I hung it from the ceiling.

Reminds me of the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum.. Somehow.. >.<

I didn't use "JS-520" for the tail no. cuz I was scared what if the plane crashed.

I hung the plane sideways! :D

 Okay, yup, that's all for today. Seeya

QiYun

"I'm alone
Yeah, I don't know if I can face the night
I'm in tears and the cryin' that I do is for you
I want your love - Let's break the walls between us
Don't make it tough - I'll put away my pride
Enough's enough I've suffered and I've seen the light."

Back.

Hi, all.

     Arrived back in Singapore yesterday. Perth is boring. There's nothing much there. Hmm. I don't know what to put here.. So yeah, I'll just sign off.

Seeya,
QiYun

Greetings from Perth, mates :D

QF072

Hi, all.

     Did my second test-flight with The Flight Machine (mark II) today. Corrected some errors, but with the very strong wind, my results were quite inaccurate. Also, some unexplained phenomenon caused me to keep launching the plane the wrong way. I have no idea what in the world is wrong with me today. My mind just keeps getting filled up with stuffs and person which I cannot explain. Sigh. Anyway, my experiment with make-shift spoilers (which are pieces of scotch-tape protruding from the top of the wing actually..), kinda worked, but it got dislodged after a couple of emergency landings. Also, I discovered that there might actually be a way to launch my balsa-wood aircraft with rubber bands. Will experiment and try it out when I return back to Singapore from Australia. Won't it be cool if I have steam-assisted catapults to launch my balsa-wood glider?....................               But no. I'm not rich. I will have to make do with rubber-band-assisted catapults. They're cheap and can be picked up from the floor.

     Alright, guys, I will be leaving for Australia tomorrow. My flight is scheduled to leave at approximately 0900hrs Singapore time tomorrow (12th November 2009). Flight number is QF072. Return flight to Singapore is on 21st November. I forgot the time when we'll land. But yeah. We'll return to Singapore on the 21st of November, never fear.

That's all.
Seeya.
QiYun

Dogfight.

Hi, all.

     Took The Flight Machine (mark II) out for its first test flight. 1200hrs Singapore time. Results were a little satisfactory. It keeps listing and banking to port-side. Will have to add starboard wing spoilers to counteract, as well as right rudder trimming.  The aircraft stalled very easily, and whenever it faced into the wind, it just went up high. Nose weight seems too little, will add some plasticine behind the soft wire that was already added originally (as default nose ballast).
     Went to school today. Reached computer lab 3 at approx. 1404hrs. Met Joshua at the base of the computer lab block. Then, met Mr Alan Yeo at the base of the computer lab block. Went up into computer lab 3. Mr Yeo "chased" some JC people out, and Han Yung came in soon after. Fired up Falcon 4.0 Allied Forces. Mr Yeo went ahead to teach Joshua and Han Yung how to fly in the F-16, while I began to do my practice rounds.  Attempted a few stunts, attempted shooting at the control tower, and crashed quite a couple of times before I grew not-so-rusty with the F-16C.
     First dogfight. Me and Mr Yeo only. Speed and angels set at 400 knots and 10000 feet.  Began. Got shot down within 3 minutes or even less.
     Second dogfight. Me, Joshua, Han Yung, and Mr Yeo. Speed, 400 knts. Angels, 2000 ft. As usual, Mr Yeo went for me first. Got shot down in less than 50 seconds while I was looking around for him, trying to shoot him down.
     And so the dogfight attempts went on, and kept repeating. And again, Mr Yeo massacred all of us.
     Then, Joshua had to leave for Chinese Orchestra.
     This time. Something different happened.
     We broke up formation. I went right, Mr Yeo went left. He came for me. I went for him. Head-on pass. Tight turn. Another head-on pass. Turned again. Was bleeding off energy and airspeed very quickly.  Full throttle, burner on. Steadied a little, and gathered speed. Attempted a very mild evasive maneuver in case Mr Yeo gets his gun on me in time. 450 knots. Mr Yeo got up on my six o'clock. Rolled and pulled away wildly. Shoot, he was still on my six. Attempted to go into a scissors maneuver. I rolled left and pulled hard. He followed. The moment he rolled left, I rolled right and pulled hard. He followed. The moment he rolled right, I rolled left and pulled hard again. Very soon, we were almost head-to-head. My scissors maneuver succeeded. A head-on encounter. Fired wildly and missed. Second head-on encounter. I pulled towards him, squeezed off a couple of bullets. Direct hit. He lost his avionics. I circled around him. Shot at him again, but kept missing. In the end, he still went down. Then, I turned tail, headed for Han Yung. Han Yung attempted evasive maneuvers, with Mr Yeo's help/advice. I attempted to shoot, but realized that I was out of bullets. Stayed on his six o'clock for the time being. And then, Han Yung ran low on fuel. I decided to take him out, samurai style. Aimed for his plane. Throttle to the max, afterburners on. Closed my eyes and rammed into his fuselage.
     Then, for the next dogfight, I got shot down again. Within 50 seconds.
     And so, the massacre continued.
     After that, for the second-last dogfight, something different happened too. We reached speed and angels. Mr Yeo turned. I continued on my flight path, then turned towards him. He was out looking for me, I think. Either way, I took him by surprise and shot him down. He exclaimed, "wow, I'm hit!" or something along those lines. Guess I really did took him by surprise. Anyway, after that, I turned, and went for Han Yung. Han Yung was trying to engage and shoot down Mr Yeo while I was doing that.. :\ Either way, he ran out of fuel very soon, as his afterburner was on almost all the time. Guess you'll have to work on your power and fuel management, Han Yung. Either way, I returned to base, and made a landing. It wasn't a very good landing, as I bounced twice, but still, I landed.
       Got massacred one more time, before it was time to go.

That's all.
Seeya.
QiYun.


 

The Flight Machine (mark II)

Hi, all.

     Finished glueing the balsa-wood pieces together. Encountered some faults. Re-glued them. Will leave them overnight, for the glue to harden and dry. Tomorrow morning, I will take off the rubber bands and cotton twines used to tie and secure the pieces together.  Test flight is scheduled for tomorrow morning, under my block.

     Tomorrow, I will have my lunch early in the morning. Will set off for school at approx 1245 hours (UTC +0800). Will reach school at approximately 1345 hours.  TOF session starts at 2 pm. Cya all dogfighters there. :)

Au revoir.
QiYun