2015/16 Results
| Award | Team (School) | Prizes |
|---|---|---|
| 1st prize team | Flying Four (Clifton High – Bristol) | RC Quadcopter with HD camera + £1000 STEM activities voucher |
| 2nd prize team | Poseidon (Cotham – Bristol) | Hovercraft Kit + £500 STEM activities voucher |
| 3rd prize team | The Wandering Albatrosses (Huish Episcopi – Yeovil area) | Build your own robot arm + £250 STEM activities voucher |
| Fly-off winners | Flying Four (Clifton High – Bristol) | Experience Flight in Real Glider |
| Overall Activities Winners | Pegasus (Cheltenham College Preparatory School) | 14 in 1 Solar Robot |
| Undercarriage Activity Winners | When (Melksham Oak – Bristol) | Airfix Quickbuild Typhoon |
| Parachute Activity Winners | Thundering Typhoons (Huish Episcopi – Yeovil) | Lego Technic – Twin Rotor Helicopter |
They beat ‘Poseidon’ from Cotham and ‘The Wandering Albatrosses’ from Huish Episcopi into second and third places respectively.
As well as the final fly-off, students were challenged on a number of activities to test their engineering acumen, technical capabilities and creativity. Their first task was to make a parachute and basket to drop an egg safely into a target area with a limited amount of paper, masking tape, straws, string, and a black bin liner. Their second task was a test of teamwork and required the students to work together in order to build an undercarriage structure that could hold up to 20kg of weight out of nothing but rolled up A4 paper, masking tape and nuts and bolts.
Overall Activities Winner was ‘Pegasus’ from Cheltenham College Preparatory School, Undercarriage Activity Winner was ‘When’ from Melksham Oak, and Parachute Activity Winner was ‘Thundering Typhoons’ from Huish Episcopi.
During the morning, ‘Rocket Russ’ gave a truly educational and exciting speech highlighting the difference between rockets and missiles, and presenting stunning videos of his own rocket launches. A rocket launch was planned a few days after the Grand Final.
Students also had the opportunity to engage with ‘Engineers without Borders’ interactive demonstrations on “Access to Power” and “Access to Water” during the afternoon.
