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Dorset team blows away the competition in the Schools F1 Championships

By TJ (07-02-2008)
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Learning and Development News - Dorset team blows away the competition in the Schools F1 Championships

UK fan manufacturer Woodcock & Wilson has helped a student team of would be racing car engineers prepare for the forthcoming F1 in Schools technology challenge World Championships in Malaysia in March by donating one of its axial fans.

Team Momentus, consisting of three students from The Gryphon School in Dorset, used the axial fan to build a wind tunnel to simulate wind speeds achieved in race conditions to test their car designs.

The F1 in Schools project is aimed at helping change perceptions in engineering, science and technology by creating a fun and exciting learning environment for young people to develop an informed view about careers in these areas. Students are required to design, build, test and race small Formula 1 style cars made from balsa wood and powered by a small CO2 cartridge.

F1 in Schools has seen a total of 7 million students taking part in 26 countries worldwide and Team Momentus, who won the UK National Championship last year, now go on to compete at the World Championships next month.

Team manager, Matt Bulger said: ‘Woodcock and Wilson were very generous in supplying the team with an axial fan for our wind tunnel. We are very grateful for their involvement, which is proving to be a vital element in our bid to try and produce the best car we can for the World Championships in March.’

Image: Team Momentus and their wind tunnel.

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