F1 In School Challenge Day

Today 6 teams are representing Norwood at the F1 In Schools Challenge Day at the Tailrace Centre.  These students, from grades 5 and 6 were selected by teachers to participate in this extension program and worked in teams of 3.  Each team has a Team Manager, Designer and Engineer. 

The Team Manager has created an A2 poster explaining their design process, the Designer has used engineering software to design their car under strict rules and the engineer has sanded, painted and finished the car ready for racing.

The F1 cars are approximately 21cms long and they are propelled using CO² Canisters.  The cars can reach speeds of up to 80km/h.

Thank you to Mr Clark at Queechy High School for milling our cars out of balsa wood as well as all your ongoing support. Thank you also to Willtrade, Temtrol Technologies, Integrated Scada and Exceed Engineering for their sponsorships of our cars in this years competition.

We will announce our results on Facebook over the coming days.

See photos below of the process of designing the cars.