Some of you may have heard about this as we talked about it
at the planning meeting...but here’s the official announcement!
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This is a pedal car race based on the rules of the British Pedal
Car Championship. The challenge is to build and race a human powered vehicle
around a circuit in York on Saturday 7th July.
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How about thinking about the problems with this design?
Obviously the first task is to build the car so I’m looking
for four scouts who think they’d like to learn the skills required for vehicle
design and manufacture. We’ll start off with a bit of maths to work out all the
important stuff, centre of gravity, wheelbase, gear ratios, Ackerman steering
etc. then start hacking apart some old bikes, wheelchairs and school desks to
end up with a work of art.
At the beginning of June we’ll set about choosing four
drivers for our team, who may or may not be mechanics. (Driving practice could
help you with your fitness challenge too, so get out on your bikes).
To be eligible for the team you’ll need to have been under
14 on 1st January 2012 and
free to be in West Felton on a Tuesday night 19-00 till 21-00 from the 13th
March. It’s the same night as robots so first chance goes to those not
preparing for Manheim.
The race week end is likely to be a camp but it’s not fixed
up yet...
If you want to be a race mechanic contact me ASAP and
convince me why. I can only manage four at once due to the tools we’ll be using.
For the National Scout Car race teams are mixed boys and
girls. If we decide to enter the British Championship there is a separate class
for female drivers.
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