Arran Schools’ Engineering Challenge

The Engineering Challenge for school kids took place at Kildonan Village Hall on Saturday 19th March. The competition was open to all school children under 17 on Arran and with a cash prize of £500. There were three entries, two from the High School and one /from Whiting Bay primary school. The entries were all different and each with considerable merit. Unfortunately two entries were let down by their chosen adhesive which failed at the critical moment.

The task was to build a cantilever of 1 metre to carry a weight of 3kg out of given materials. Those materials were limited to softwood, paper, fishing line and glue. Components could be pre assembled, however preassembly was limited to a certain size and final assembly was to be completed over a period of two hours at the venue.