Distance (maximum 5 points + 1 bonus point)

International Fuel Cell Competition Guide
International Fuel Cell Competition
International Fuel Cell Competition
Endurance Event
Objective: Student design teams will construct a Fuel Cell car that can travel in a circle for as long as possible.
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Track Specs 3m diameter circle
Teams must release car at the starting line
Car must stay on track for trial to be valid (if car leaves the track, time stops at point of exit)
Hydrogen must be stored in materials from the kit.
Scoring
o Design teams get three trials.
o Final score is based on sum of the 3 trials.
o Point total is awarded by judge determining the time and recording in the point box.
Endurance Track
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1m
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6m
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8m
9m
10m
International Fuel Cell Competition
Endurance Event with Weight
Objective: Student design teams will construct a Fuel Cell car that can travel in a circle for as long as possible carrying a 300 gram weight.
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Track Specs 3m diameter circle
Teams must release car at the starting line
Car must stay on track for trial to be valid (if car leaves the track, time stops at point of exit)
Hydrogen must be stored in materials from the kit.
Must use weights provided by judges at starting line.
Scoring
o Design teams get three trials.
o Final score is based on sum of the 3 trials.
o Point total is awarded by judge determining the time and recording in the point box.
Endurance Track
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8m
9m
10m
International Fuel Cell Competition
Accuracy Event
Objective: Student design teams will construct a Fuel Cell car that can travel a specific distance.
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Track Specs 10m long x 1m wide
Teams must release car behind the 0m mark
Car must stay on track for trial to be valid (if car leaves the track, points are rewarded at point of exit)
Hydrogen must be stored in materials from the kit.
Scoring
o Design teams get three trials.
o Final score is based on sum of the 3 trials.
o Point total is awarded by judge determining the scoring box and adding the total cm traveled from the line furthest away from the
target; if vehicle lands in target square the points are determined by square where 50% + of vehicle stops - target square begins at
9.1 points; increases by a tenth of a point each 5 cm to center of target at 10 points; decreases by tenths beyond center.
Accuracy Track
8 points
0 points
0m
2 points
1m
4 points
2m
6 points
3m
The Fuel Cell Car stopped 57 cm beyond the
4m line; the point value for this trial is 8.57.
8 points
Target
4m
5m
6m
6 points
7m
4 points
8m
2 points
9m
10m
International Fuel Cell Competition
Speed Event
Objective: Student design teams will construct a Fuel Cell car that can travel 10m in the shortest time.
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Track Specs 10m long x 1m wide
Teams must release car behind the 0m mark
Car must stay on track for trial to be valid or exit track past 10m mark.
Hydrogen must be stored in materials from the kit.
Track judge will time the teams’ trials using a stopwatch
o Time starts when car is released
o Time stops when car crosses 10m line
o If car leaves track before crossing 10m line there will be no points awarded.
Scoring
o Design teams get three trials.
o Final score is based on the shortest elapsed time (best) of the three trials.
Speed Track
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10m
The Fuel Cell Car crossed the 10m line at 32.34
seconds. The point value for this trial is 32.34.