Colorado MESA Middle School MESA Day - Event FAQ

Rec Center Gym - Hardwood Floor

Blade and sail design and engineering is one of the most complicated and important aspects of current wind technology. Today engineers need to design components that extract as much energy from the wind as possible throughout a range of wind speeds and be durable, quiet and cheap. Your challenge is to design and build a sail using a variety of materials, shapes and sizes that maximize the natural energy of the wind. Sails will be attached to a foam raft and powered by a box fan (the wind). A successful sail design is measured by the distance traveled along the track, design efficiency and stability of the raft while in motion.