Hilton, Derbyshire

Month: January 2022

Pop riveting

How do you join two pieces of metal together? There are various ways – here the kids learnt to pop rivet and had the base panels on the car in no time. Imagine learning to pop rivet at 9 years old! Fantastic job done by all, and now the base plates are firmly attached.

The importance of measurement

Measurement is a huge part of engineering so we are making a point of getting a tape measure out at every opportunity. So far the kids have used it to measure up the car for body panels, measure head circumferences for helmets and body dimensions for race suits, and who is the tallest member of…
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The one with the parents…..

We got the front bit of the car attached to the back bit! (Don’t worry – I won’t get too technical on you) This meant our team could sit in the car to check out the driving position. Who do you think was more excited by this – the kids or the parents?