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Saturday, November 11
Fallen Eagles...
Time - 7:20am
Venue - Yio Chu Kang MRT
We reached Yio Chu Kang MRT this morning at this time. I thought we would be able to set off to HQ NCC by then. But, guess what we saw. Only Corporal Zhen Wei had arrived. We stated CLEARLY that the time to meet was 7:20am Sharp at Yio Chu Kang MRT. Our blood were all boiling.
7:25am - Corporal Alfi arrived, 5 mins late, we didn't say much
7:30am - PTE Faris and PTE Irwan arrived, we asked why they were late, and we didn't get the answer... We didn't want to pursue the matter as time is already running out.
7:45am - PTE Musfirah and PTE Izyan arrived, by then CPL Zhen Wei, CPL Alfi, PTE Faris, PTE Irwan and I were already on our way to HQ NCC, it was a 10-15mins walk from Yio Chu Kang MRT to HQ. We managed to reach there just on time, 8am which was the time required for all competitors to reach HQ.
8:10am - All of us reached the MPH and settled down to do some last minute touch ups on the planes. Time was running out fast and we only managed to tune 2 planes to their maximum performance and was then told to stop all preparations...
9:30am - Competition Starts, Staff Alfred and I was the first team to compete in the 1/4 rat race competition.
9:40am - We entered the field, the CLT said we had 60sec to do a pre-run of the engine, which means to try starting once. he said: " 3, 2, 1, START ". As the mechanic, I did what is should calmly. I fueled the plane, then I wanted to clip the glow booster to the glow plug, something like inserting a key into the car to supply electricity to the engine. Then the First trouble striked, the glow booster just doesn't clips on as the glow plug was diff from the usually ones we used and this was the first time i used the new version of glow plug on the plane. I raised up my hand and called for the CLT's aid. But to no avail, I asked the CLT if i could get a glow clip from my junior.
He said ok and gave me 1 min. I ran to fetch the glow clip, but by this time the opponent have ald flew for many rounds and 50 laps with the winning timing is the criteria to advance. I clipped the glow clip on and tried to start the plane. Second trouble strikes, the propeller unscrewed and flew for my head and was deflected, as I'm weraing a safety helmet. This spelled the END for our 1/4 rat race competition, as we didn't have a wrench. (item used to screw propeller) It was lost. Nothing could have been done then. We looked at the opponents SUPER SLOW plane flew rounds and rounds and finally meeting the requirement to advance, 50 laps. We lost, we were disqualified from the competition. Unity Eagles had fallen...
?:?? - Part A's and Part B's are preparing for their junior solo flying competition. Our last and final hope to win. All we could do was hope for the BEST. Then the name was called, Unity 1, plz proceed to the flying area, it was time for action. CPL Zhen Wei (Flyer) and CPL Alfi (Mechanic) proceeded to the flying area. The criteria to win is to have the best timing for flying 25 laps. The plane started and took off smoothly, but then it suddenly slowed down. Then it continued for about 18 rounds and ran out of fuel. The plane was fuelled, tuned and it took off. This time at a faster speed. They did it, they completed the 25 laps in 4min plus time. Although they did not win any top few positions, they still did our unit proud.
For Unity 2, PTE Musfirah (Flyer) and PTE Izyan (Mechanic) they were disqualified as their plane crashed. But this is their first time taking part in aeromodelling competition, so they can try harder the next year.
For Unity 3, PTE Irwan (Flyer) and PTE Faris (Mechanic), same case as Unity 2.
?:?? - Prize presentation, every cadet who took part in the competition got a medal of participation, it is a nice medal which is Silver colour, has a NCC crest at the front and reads Air Competition 2006 at the back. That was the end for today's aeromodelling competition.
The Eagles might have Fallen, but the fighting spirit haven't. I'm sure the Eagles would soar high next year.
Lesson for today's mistake - 1st, time management(again) I would want to see more sense of urgency next time, we've had enough of juniors being late for training and for today, late for the BIG day, Competition. We are from the uniform group and we should be self-disciplined. It doesn't meant you've got over with it when we don't say anything about it.
2nd, equipment, anyone who brings back or keeps any equipment should be liable for that item.
I hope that all of us can learn from what that have went wrong to each and everyone one of us today. Punctuality is a MUST , Maintainence and Storage of equipment is also very important.
Let's spent one minute tonight before we sleep doing self-reflection and think how can we improve to be a better cadet ;)
8:32:00 PM
Wednesday, November 1
Ponggol Park
Today's Park Cleaning wasn't a success as the first problem that we encountered was TIME MANAGEMENT PROBLEM. The Bus was late...
However, that kinda help us to be able to spent more time and interact more with our juniors.
We usually don't have spare time to get suggestions and know more about the Part A and Part B
So, i would like to say that your opinions and ideas are valued and we will look forward to have such talks again ;)
Back to Today's Park Cleaning, we did not helped in cleaning the park at all. As we were LATE, so so Late that when we reached there it started raining and all outdoor activities have to got to be cancelled because of the lightning. Besides that, i think the other school cadets have cleared all the trash already.
Anyway, Park Cleaning has already passed so all we can do is learn from this mistake and work on it, for today it's on time management and i believe also some communication problem with the bus driver.
Hope u guys enjoyed today's journey, free food, free shirt and the songs and cheers the senior thought u guys... Happy Holidays ;)
8:49:00 PM
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