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Engineering principles


The teams are facing many of the same challenges that Rolls-Royce does during engine design and development. They work under the pressure of time, must evaluate sometimes conflicting requirements and then weigh up the respective benefits of various solutions.

This section will explain some of the technical principles behind the design of a pedal-powered kart which have been covered by the teams during the project's design phase including:

 

 


Putting principles into practice ›

Building the kart
The teams face many engineering challenges