Cabaran Roket Air

Cabaran roket air ini bertujuan untuk menyediakan platform kepada pelajar sekolah untuk mereka bentuk, membina dan menguji model roket air berdasarkan prinsip saintifik seperti teori pendorongan roket, aerodinamik, dan undang-undang ketiga Newton dengan matlamat mendidik pelajar sekolah mengenai sains sebenar di sebalik penciptaan roket air. Melalui pertandingan ini, pelajar-pelajar sekolah digalakkan untuk menjalankan penyelidikan dalam bidang sains dan kejuruteraan semasa fasa reka bentuk kerja mereka.

Pelajar-pelajar boleh merujuk kepada video-video di bawah untuk belajar mengenai roket air:

1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCwxsYWuDaU
2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ii6D1R6lXVA

Model Roket Air perlu dibina oleh pasukan yang memasuki pertandingan ini sebelum Hari Pertandingan. Hanya model yang siap dan lengkap dibina yang akan dilancarkan pada Hari Pertandingan.

Maklumat terperinci Cabaran Roket Air:

1. Hanya satu kategori yang akan dipertandingan iaitu Roket Air bersama sistem payung terjun.
2. Setiap model Roket Air mestilah dilengkapi dengan payung terjun. Roket tanpa sistem payung terjun akan dibatalkan penyertaannya. Payung Terjun dikehendaki disimpan di bahagian atas komponen roket.
3. Roket perlu direkabentuk untuk membolehkannya berada diudara pada waktu yang panjang. Waktu penerbangan di udara akan direkodkan.
4. Hanya 1.5 liter botol Coca-Cola / Sprite / F & N Minuman berkarbonat PET (Polyethylene terephthalate) yang boleh digunakan. Bahan kimia yang mudah terbakar, bahan-bahan tajam, logam, dan bahan-bahan berbahaya yang boleh menyebabkan kecederaan dan kematian tidak dibenarkan untuk digunakan.
5. Semua roket akan dilancarkan pada tekanan 8 atmosfera (atm)
6. Persediaan pelancar roket air akan dilakukan oleh pihak penganjur. Pelajar hanya dibenarkan melakukan pelancaran jika dibenarkan oleh pihak penganjur.
7. Pelancaran akan dilakukan pada sudut 90°.
8. Setiap Roket air akan dikira masanya sebaik sahaja dilancarkan sehinggalah ketika ia jatuh di atas tanah, terbelit/tersangkut dengan objek lain seperti pokok, bangunan atau pagar, terbang jauh dari pandangan juri/hakim, atau berada di udara lebih daripada 15 minit.
9. Kriteria penghakiman adalah berdasarkan masa terpanjang yang diambil oleh roket berada di udara. Penyertaan juga dihakimi berdasarkan kreativiti dan kedalaman penyelidikan yang dijalankan ketika fasa rekabentuk. setiap pasukan perlu menyediakan dan membawa ke Hari Pertandingan sehelai poster yang mengandungi gambar menceritakan mengenai roket air mereka dan menerangkan proses pembinaan roket air mereka.

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Water Rocket Challenge

Students can refer to the videos below to start learning about water rockets:

1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCwxsYWuDaU
2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ii6D1R6lXVA

This water rocket challenge aims to provide a platform for school students to design, build and test a water rocket model based on scientific principles such as rocket propulsion theory, aerodynamics, and Newton’s third law with the goal of educating school students on the actual science behind the creation of water rockets. Through this competition, school students are encouraged to conduct research on science and engineering during the design phase of their work.

The water rocket models should be built by each team entering this competition prior to the Competition Day on 27/9/2014. Only completed models will be launched and evaluated on the Competition Day.

Details of the Water Rocket Challenge:

1. Only one category shall be competed – Water rocket with parachute deployment system.
2. Each water rocket model must be equipped with a parachute. Rockets without a parachute deployment system will be disqualified. Parachutes must be installed on the upper component of the rockets.
3. The rocket should be designed in a way that will keep it airborne for a long amount of time. Time airborne will be noted.
4. Only 1.5 litter Coca-Cola / Sprite / F & N Carbonated Drink PET (Polyethylene terephthalate) bottles are to be used. Combustible chemical materials, pointed materials, metal, and other harmful materials that can cause injury and death are not allowed to be used.
5. All rockets will be launched at a launch pressure of 8 atmospheres (atm).
6. Each team is allowed to make one (1) launch only.
7. Setup of water rockets to the launcher will be done by the organizers only. Students are only allowed to launch their rockets with the permission of the organizers.
8. Launches will be made at a launch angle of 90°.
9. Each water rocket will be timed from the moment of launch right up to the moment it either falls to the ground, gets tangled up with another object like a tree or building or fence, flies out of the judges’ sight, or is airborne for more than 15 minutes.
10. Judging criteria will be based on the longest time the water rocket is airborne. Entries will also be judged on the level of creativity, understanding and depth of research conducted during the design stage. Each team must prepare and bring to the Competition day a poster with pictures that describes about their water rocket and explain their process of building it.

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Pemodelan Rangka Pesawat

Pertandingan ini menumpukan pencapaian kemahiran seni dalam membina model skeleton pesawat terbang. Ia bertujuan untuk memberi pendedahan betapa kompleksnya struktur pesawat terbang yang menerbangkan kita dari satu tempat ke tempat yang lain. Ia juga bertujuan untuk meningkatkan minat dan menimbulkan perasaan ingin tahu tentang mengapa ia direkabentuk sedemikian rupa. Model anda mestilah berbentuk tetulang dan ia boleh menyerupai helikopter, pesawat komersial, jet pejuang dan yang seangkatan dengannya. Model ini mestilah disiapkan sebelum anda datang pada hari pertandingan di USM. Anda tidak perlu membuatkan ia terbang kerana model anda akan dipamerkan kepada orang awam. Beberapa gambar menarik di bawah boleh dijadikan rujukan. Selamat mencuba!

Gambar di bawah ialah pemenang AEROFAIR 2012 di dalam kategori Pemodelan Rangka Pesawat: SMK Tun Syed Sheh Barakbah, Sungai Bakap, Pulau Pinang dengan replika mereka yang cantik bagi pesawat terkenal Wright Brothers.

Garis-garis panduan untuk pertandingan ini adalah seperti di bawah:
The guidelines for this competition are given below:

1. Bahan-bahan: Anda bebas menggunakan sebarang jenis bahan yang sesuai untuk membina model skeleton ini, samaada bahan-bahan murah atau bahan-bahan kitar semula.
2. Dimensi: Saiz keseluruhan model tidak boleh melebihi 1 m.
3. Kriteria penghakiman: Kriteria penghakiman adalah berdasarkan model yang mempunyai kesenian yang asli, ciptaan yang kreatif dan rekabentuk keseluruhan yang bermutu tinggi. Keputusan pengadil adalah muktamad.

Sebagai permulaan, anda boleh lihat gambar-gambar pesawat awal untuk mendapat idea bagi model yang anda akan bina. Untuk melakukan ini, gunakan Google Images dan masukkan perkataan "Early Airplanes" atau Early Helicopters". Anda boleh pilih untuk bina mana-mana model yang banyak menggunakan bingkai tetulang.

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Airframe Modeling

This competition highlights the state of the art skill in designing the airframe of flying models. The aim is to build awareness on how complex the structural of the magnificent flying machine that fly us from one place to another, as well as to increase the curiosity and interest on why it is build in such a way. The model has to be in ‘skeleton’ mode and it can be a helicopter, commercial aircraft, fighter jet and etc. The model must be made before you come for the competition day at USM. You are not required to make them fly as your skeleton model will be displayed to public as static display. Check out below for some amazing pictures of flying model skeletons.

The picture below is the winner of our AEROFAIR 2012 in the Airframe Modeling category: SMK Tun Syed Sheh Barakbah, Sungai Bakap, Pulau Pinang with their beautiful replica of the Wright Brothers’ famous airplane.

The guidelines for this competition are given below:

1. Materials: Any materials can be used to construct the models, either cheap materials or recycled materials.
2. Dimension: The overall size of the model must not exceed 1 m.
3. Judging criteria: Judging criteria will be based on originality, overall craftsmanship, creativity of the design and the overall quality of the constructions of the models. Judges decision is final.

To get started, you can look at the images of earlier airplanes to get some idea of what models you can build. To do this, use Google Images and enter the keywords "Early Airplanes" or "Early Helicopters". You can choose to build any of the models that use a lot of skeletal frames.

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School Participation

Download Participation Forms: as Microsoft Word or PDF files.

Update on 24/7/2014:
The deadline to send Participation Forms has been extended to Wednesday, 13 August 2014.

AEROFAIR 2014 is planned to accommodate around 300 participants consisting of secondary school students (Forms 1 to 5) and teachers. For a team size of 4 students per team (which can consists of students from any Forms), we are expecting a number of about 60 to 70 teams for the entire event. Each school is advised to send at least one accompanying teacher per 2 teams of students.

Participation forms that have been completed can be sent to the organizer (School of Aerospace Engineering, USM) either by fax or email. The contact information (address, telephone, fax, and emails) is provided in the participation form. Please submit the participation form on or before 25 July 2014. We have extended the deadline to send Participation Forms to Wednesday, 13 August 2014.

The names of the schools in Pulau Pinang that will participate in AEROFAIR 2014 will be shown here.

Update on 13/8/2014 - List of schools participating:
We thank you very much for your participation in this outreach program!

Indoor Flight Competition (19 teams):

1. SMK Permai Indah, Bukit Mertajam (1 team)
2. SMK Datuk Haji Ahmad Badawi, Kepala Batas (1 team)
3. SMK Bakti, Tasek Gelugor (1 team)
4. SMJK Jit Sin, Bukit Mertajam (1 team)
5. SMK Penanti, Kubang Semang (1 team)
6. SMT Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra, Georgetown (1 team)
7. SMK Bukit Mertajam, Bukit Mertajam (1 team)
8. SMK Kepala Batas, Kepala Batas (1 team)
9. MRSM Balik Pulau, Balik Pulau (2 teams)
10. SMJK Perempuan China, Georgetown (2 teams)
11. SMKA Al Mashoor (Lelaki), Georgetown (1 team)
12. MRSM Transkrian, Nibong Tebal (1 team)
13. MRSM Kepala Batas, Kepala Batas (2 teams)
14. SMK Sungai Acheh, Nibong Tebal (1 team)
15. SMK Seri Nibong, Nibong Tebal (1 team)
16. SMK Tinggi Bukit Mertajam, Bukit Mertajam (1 team)

Airframe Modeling Competition (16 teams):

1. SMJK Chung Ling, Georgetown (2 teams)
2. SMT Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra, Georgetown (1 team)
3. SMK Bukit Mertajam, Bukit Mertajam (1 team)
4. SMK Kepala Batas, Kepala Batas (1 team)
5. MRSM Balik Pulau, Balik Pulau (1 team)
6. SMJK Perempuan China, Georgetown (2 teams)
7. SMKA Al Mashoor (Lelaki), Georgetown (1 team)
8. MRSM Transkrian, Nibong Tebal (1 team)
9. MRSM Kepala Batas, Kepala Batas (2 teams)
10. SMK Sungai Acheh, Nibong Tebal (2 teams)
11. SMK Seri Nibong, Nibong Tebal (1 team)
12. SMK Tun Syed Sheh Barakbah, Sungai Jawi (1 team)

Water Rocket Competition (22 teams):

1. SMK Datuk Haji Ahmad Badawi, Kepala Batas (1 team)
2. SMJK Chung Ling, Georgetown (2 teams)
3. SMK Bakti, Tasek Gelugor (1 team)
4. SMJK Jit Sin, Bukit Mertajam (1 team)
5. SMT Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra, Georgetown (1 team)
6. SMK Datuk Haji Ahmad Said, Butterworth (1 team)
7. SMK Bukit Mertajam, Bukit Mertajam (1 team)
8. SMK Penanti, Kubang Semang (1 team)
9. MRSM Balik Pulau, Balik Pulau (2 teams)
10. SMJK Perempuan China, Georgetown (2 teams)
11. SMKA Al Mashoor (Lelaki), Georgetown (1 team)
12. SMK Simpang Empat, Simpang Ampat (1 team)
13. MRSM Kepala Batas, Kepala Batas (2 teams)
14. SMK Tasek, Simpang Ampat (1 team)
15. SMK Tinggi Bukit Mertajam, Bukit Mertajam (1 team)
16. SMK Sungai Acheh, Nibong Tebal (2 teams)
17. SMK Seri Nibong, Nibong Tebal (1 team)

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