Transportation Division
Super Solar Powered Train (Mail-in Entry)
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2019
Division Winner!
Kai Mitchell
Charles H. Barrows STEM Academy
North Windham, CT
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2025 Draft Official Rules
Goal: To design the fastest Solar Powered Train
Specifications:
Train length must be 12" long (+/- 1”)
Train Width must be 3"(+/- 1")
Train Height must be 3" (+/-1")
Train must use any DC motor (4 motors max)
Train frame must have an attached cover measured to the dimensions above.*Plastic vacuum formed body is suggested, but other materials are allowed.
Submit Entry between June 1-5, 2025
Judging Procedure:
Mailed in Trains will be time tested on our 24 foot Pitsco Racetrack. A USSSC custom built Solar Panel using Pitsco Ray Catcher Solar Panels will power the racetack. The train with the fastest time will be awarded Division Winner.
Division Winner announced on June 21, 2025.