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The engine, more powerful than its predecessors, of the new MotoUPCT racing motorcycle has roared this afternoon at the Industrial School, where students from the Polytechnic University of Cartagena have presented the bike with which as of this Wednesday they will Compete in MotorLand Aragón against another 74 motorcycles designed and tuned by engineering students from 17 countries.
"The goal is to be, as always, in the top ten," says the team's design chief, Alberto Maciá, recalling that MotoStudent celebrates its tenth anniversary with its most crowded edition, with more competition than ever.
In MotoStudent, an international competition promoted by the Moto Engineering Foundation, universities from all over the world participate.
Two years ago, MotoUPCT was in seventh position among the combustion bikes in the final race of this biannual test, in which they achieved the second best record of top speed in the circuit: 180 kilometers per hour.
"We hope to be faster, we have optimized the weight of the bike and we have gained power in the test bench of the Cartagena Circuit, which sponsors and supports us," said Pedro López, responsible for the team's electronics.
The team leaves in the hands of a federated driver, the laureate Kevin Sojo, driving the motorcycle in the Alcañiz circuit.
"The bike has given him a good feeling in the circuit", say the students of the UPCT.
In MotoStudent, the teams exhibit their construction projects, undergo technical checks and perform dynamic, acceleration, braking and slalom tests before competing in the same speed circuit where a few weeks ago one of the World Championship events was held. motorcycling.
"We really build a motorcycle from scratch every two years for a single race," says David Herrero, team leader of the team, who would like to organize a cup in Cartagena between some of the universities participating in MotoStudent.
Fourteen students form the current MotoUPCT team, mainly students of Mechanical Engineering and Electronic Engineering, but also includes a student of Naval Engineering who has worked in the aerodynamics of the motorcycle and a student of Business Administration and Management, who has helped with the industrial manufacturing project.
The young engineers of the Polytechnic have optimized the weights of all the pieces, some of which they have personally manufactured in their workshop of the Building of Laboratories and Research of the UPCT and also has reduced the center of gravity of the motorcycle and have mounted a suspension front fully adjustable, as well as implemented a telemetry system to know the performance of the pilot on each curve.
Improvements with which the students of the Polytechnic want to beat the powerful German and Chinese teams that have joined the competition this year.
Source: UPCT
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