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Teams of students from the Polytechnic University of Cartagena (UPCT) and secondary schools and vocational training today have competed in the Challenges of the Festival of San Jose with remote control cars with mobile and jet they have created.
Contestants compete in a test design and other circuit, winning each with 200 euros for the best valued by the jury.
Two vehicles powered by pressurized water have made this morning lose 3 seconds speed test consisting of walking 70 meters from one of the patios of the School of Industrial with this particular means of momentum.
Students UPCT José David Trapero, on the one hand, and Diego Martinez, José María Morales and Victoria Vera, on the other, have designed these two prototypes that have reached a speed of around 25 meters per second.
In the test drive through obstacles of a remote control car with a mobile system using the Arduino has been imposed, however, a team of high school students Colegio San Jorge Molina de Segura.
They have passed tests of skill, balance, speed, climbing and passage through water, earth and stones designed by the UPCT Makers Association.
The School of Industrial UPCT organized for the third consecutive year this technological competition, on the occasion of the Feast of St. Joseph, to high school students and develop their ingenuity UPCT playful way.
"These technological competitions aim to encourage both at university level and high school, the love of technology, engineering, the spirit of excellence and teamwork," says Antonio Guillamón, director of the School of Industrial.
New this year, in the technology 'Jet Propulsion' contest has allowed the use of fuel for driving a motor that propels the vehicle.
In this case, the jury has assessed the potential dangers storage and fuel supply system on the appliance.
the use of electric motors for driving the propulsion system of the device is not allowed.
Source: UPCT
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