Cal Young had a great showing at the 18th annual EWEB Solar Challenge. We had 8 teams representing our school. Several cars made it to the semi-finals and one team made it to the finals and finished in third place. Several of the teams experienced some frustrations with faulty wiring, track bumps etc, but all maintained a good attitude. Team Felicia (designed and built by Gabrielle L, Rachel U, Natalie B and) came in FIRST PLACE in the Design Competition. With their unique design they also came in 3rd place overall in the speed races (out of almost 70 cars)! Check out their car below (Car #36). The two teams that beat Felicia are pictured below was well. Check out their outside of the box thinking! Titanium axels on the winning car (#19) and a plywood chassis! The second place car (#16) has another unusual design with a super skinny chassis, fat tires and crazy long axels! Thanks to all of my students who showed up to race their cars or support their peers and eat snacks, Gabrielle, Rachel, Natalie ( Car=Felicia), Kai, Dacian, Jaxon (Car=Sqaud), Ainsley, Ginni (Car=Wingnut), Glenda, Madie, Wyatt (Car=MTU car), Brycen, Jackson (Car=Big Bertha) Jaden (Car=Timothy), Dylan W, Myles H, Drew. (I hope I didn’t forget anyone!) Check out the story from KMTR.
