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Students in Solar ChallengeFor the first time, the Eastern Goldfields Senior High School has put together a team for an assault on this year's Western Power Solar Model Car Challenge.
The big race will be conducted on October 28-29 in Perth's Forrest Place, with the local students now busily prototyping work on their entry.
The annual challenge pits students from around WA against each other to design and build model cars powered by a standard-sized solar panel.
The cars are then raced around a figure-eight track, with the winner the car that completes the circuit in the fastest time.
Although four months away, 32 teams have already registered for the race, which will be the 13th in the challenge's history.
Three students from the Year 12 senior science class will head up the EGSHS team - Royden Bird, Jai Semmens and Damien Gray.
The trio are confident their car will be competitive.
At present, the team is experimenting with different bearing configurations and wheel designs to determine the best combinations for racing.
"We know that weight and friction will be the main factors in the car's performance," Jai said.
"We have got a lot of work ahead to reduce these before thinking about a motor.
"At the moment, we are experimenting with CD's for wheels and aluminium for the main body parts, but this may change."
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