About Parthsarathi
At age seven, you could find me in my room, wires and batteries scattered across the bed as I sat there building myself a small fan using a motor and a small propeller which I had taken from a toy aircraft. Using this creation to cool myself in the summer heat, I was intrigued by the engineering marvels that surrounded me. I have always been drawn towards physics, and a logical approach towards the subject has induced an enthusiastic interest for the subject, which ushers me to dwell in the sea of knowledge.
Ten years later I can still be seen in the same room, chiseling out the frame for a glider using balsa wood. Making different wing designs to observe the resulting lift and firing the glider from different attitudes to see the bank angle have been experiments of mine since my father, a pilot himself, introduced me to the world of aerodynamics. Observing the effects of pressure distribution and incidence angles on aerofoils has further increased my passion for the subject, allowing me to learn the theoretical concepts and mathematical backgrounds behind the same. Building remote controlled models of planes and making them fly has given me a first hand experience of aerodynamics and principles of flight.
Reading about flight stability and automatic control along with the dynamics of flight to understand my remote controlled models has enabled me to actually design more efficient wings in accord with the familiar lift and drag concepts. Today, a critical question for all modern aircrafts is wing design and fuel efficiency which go hand in hand. I feel it is very important for me to address the same while designing aerofoils.
Seeing my pet parrot fly around and come sit on my shoulder I always get excited about flying and it is my dream to soar high above the skies in an airplane designed by myself. Whenever I take a flight with my father, we always end up discussing different jet engines and propulsion systems. We debate on the effects of weather and wind conditions on the aircraft and during landing we try and predict the nature of the touchdown, depending on the speed, attitude and attack angle of the aircraft. It gives me immense joy to immerse myself into the subject and learn as much as I can with enthusiasm.
“Advances are made by answering questions. Discoveries are made by questioning answers”, these words by Bernhard Haisch bring to my mind the endless possibilities that lie ahead of me. But discoveries are only made by those who have devoted their lives to understanding the vast amounts of information and concepts that relate to the discovery. That is why for me, learning is an endless process if I want to invent new technologies to contribute to the modern world.