Jerusalem - Despite blockaded by Israel for 5 years, a team of students from Gaza, Palestine, was managed to build a race car to compete in Formula Student 2011. This race is a special racing event in the world's largest student will be held at Silverstone Circuit, UK.
a team of students from Gaza, Palestine, was managed to build a race car to compete in Formula Student 2011
Yes, even though Gaza is still a conflict area, these students appeared unwilling to give in to circumstances.
Students from Khan Younis Training Centre (KYTC) is administered by the UN (United Nations) managed to make a race car. Although to create the racing cars they have to use a lot of used goods such as water pipes for automobile chassis or engine plucked from an old motorcycle.
"We challenge all the pressure here, and the blockade," said by Osama Al Othmani which is the team leader of the KYTC like detikOto quotes from the Telegraph, on Thursday (06/23/2011).
"We want to prove to the world even if we live in the middle of nowhere, we can still create something. The last thing we'll do is to give the label, 'Made in Gaza'," added by the 19-year-old student.
The team from Gaza is also most organized somewhat is one of the teams that will be present at Silverstone. Though they have only 11 members, very little can be compared to other teams who have an 50-member team.
Formula Student 2011 will be held at 14 to 17 July 2011 and challenged the 125 college teams from around the world to design and build a single seat racing car in just over a year. The teams come from different countries ranging from Nigeria, Thailand, Russia, Australia and India.
For technical matters, the cars were judged on speed and endurance. Each car must be able to accelerate from rest to 100 km per hour in under 3 seconds by simply relying on the engine size of 610 cc.
While the Class 1A category to reward environmentally friendly cars that have high fuel efficiency.
On the other hand, these teams should also be designing, calculating the costs and potential business and present it.
"It's really inspiring when I saw a hard working team with a challenge like this," said director of engineering at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Dr. Colin Brown.
"Formula Student is a big challenge for myself, but can cooperate with components of almost all components are recycled in one of the most deprived areas in the world is incredible. These students represent the spirit and the creative people who took part in the Formula Student, "he marveled at the team from Gaza earlier.
