The Henry Beaufort school joined 12 other schools from across Hampshire to compete against each other in the QinetiQ Schools’ Powerboat Challenge. Our team of 5 engineering students designed and built a remote-control powerboat, which was put to the test at QinetiQ’s Ocean basin facility at Haslar, Gosport; the biggest testing tank of its type in the world. The engineering and problem-solving skills of our engineers were put to the test as we faced multiple issues throughout the day during races. Each race highlighted a new issue, but our engineers worked to overcome each one, showing great resilience. Because of this never giving up attitude, our students walked away with an award for perseverance, something to be incredibly proud of.
A link to a BBC South news article: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn5w6v2r9qdo