By MOHAMED KHAIDIR MOHAMED ZARAAI
SUBANG JAYA: Strive without surrender brought victory for Penguins 4lyf from SMK Subang Jaya when they won the Remote Control Bottle Boat Challenge organised by American Degree Transfer Program (ADP) at Taylor’s University (TU).
Team leader Aaron Tan Kah Sam, 17, said, “The biggest challenge that we faced was the servo, which is our boat’s rudder, did not function.”
Tan said, water went inside the potentiometer that was controlling the servo’s motion.
“We were so upset and we thought we were going to lose but we did make it in the end by letting the wind at the lake to turn the boat around,” Tan said.
Their boat traveled for only six minutes around TU’s lake, but the team managed to win a prize of RM900.
Tan’s team members were Amin Farid Miskon, Neoh I-van, Chong Zia Chee and Ng Zi Jun, all 17. The boat challenge was one of the three challenges held during the ADP Engineering and Science Challenges 2015 competition, on 30 April.
The other two challenges were the Spaghetti Bridge Project and Cabbage Juice pH Indicator.
Organising Chairman and Senior ADP Lecturer, Dr Loh Kah Heng said the objective of the challenges in the competition is to instill interest in science and reverse engineering technology to secondary school students.
Team leader Aaron Tan Kah Sam, 17, said, “The biggest challenge that we faced was the servo, which is our boat’s rudder, did not function.”
Tan said, water went inside the potentiometer that was controlling the servo’s motion.
“We were so upset and we thought we were going to lose but we did make it in the end by letting the wind at the lake to turn the boat around,” Tan said.
Their boat traveled for only six minutes around TU’s lake, but the team managed to win a prize of RM900.
Tan’s team members were Amin Farid Miskon, Neoh I-van, Chong Zia Chee and Ng Zi Jun, all 17. The boat challenge was one of the three challenges held during the ADP Engineering and Science Challenges 2015 competition, on 30 April.
The other two challenges were the Spaghetti Bridge Project and Cabbage Juice pH Indicator.
Organising Chairman and Senior ADP Lecturer, Dr Loh Kah Heng said the objective of the challenges in the competition is to instill interest in science and reverse engineering technology to secondary school students.