HYDRO CONTEST 2016
The concept of the HYDRO Contest is to raise the awareness of the general public, future engineers and maritime professionals for a more efficient maritime transport and better overall energy efficiency.

SwinSurfers is a multidisciplinary team put together to tackle this challenge. 

← This is the video highlight for last year's HYDRO Contest organized by HYROS Foundation.

What is HYDRO Contest?

This contest is opened to universities from all over the world. There are 2 races to be tackled:
  • Light transport and maneuvering. The boat will have to carry  20 kg of load and race with light maneuvering. 
  • Heavy transport. The boat will race with 200kg of loading across a relatively straight path.
Each model must fit in a 'virtual' box with the following dimensions: 2m x 2.5m x 2.5m. The HYDROS Foundation provides all the registered teams with a battery and a 1200 W engine. The aim is to build the fastest and most efficient boats. To do so, each team has to create and manage a project involving technical and practical work, team work, communication and sponsors search.

Where and when?

HYDRO Contest will be held at Pyramides de Vidy, in Lausanne, Switzerland. From 24th July to 31st July 2016.

WHAT ARE THE REWARDS?

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The following prizes will be awarded:
  • Hydrocontest Lightweight Transport Grand Prix
  • Hydrocontest Mass Transport Grand Prix
  • Hydrocontest Long-Distance Race Grand Prix

The following Off Race Prizes:
  • Hydrocontest Lightweight Transport Innovation Prize 
  • Hydrocontest Mass Transport Innovation Prize 
  • Hydrocontest Eco-conception Prize 
  • Hydrocontest Communication Prize 
  • Hydrocontest Spirit and Values Prize 

SwinSurfers

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This year, Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak Campus is proud to be one of the invited teams to represent Malaysia in this prestigious competition. HYDRO Contest 2016 will be held on 24th to 31st of July 2016 at Pyramides de Vidy, in Lausanne, Switzerland. 

Our boat has already been designed, and we are now in the process of constructing the boat. Hence, we welcome any companies who are interested to be our sponsors and partners and assist us both financially and through technical consultations.

Our team’s boat is a lightweight catamaran that features hydrofoils. The two hulls design of a catamaran enable better balancing of the boat during the turning and also enable the boat to carry more weight. The boat is also designed to be symmetrical so that the center of gravity is at the center of the boat to make steering the boat easier. The four hydrofoils that the boat features is designed with NACA airfoil and is used to create a lifting force when the boat is moving at certain speed to lift the boat’s hulls out of water and reduce the water resistance when the boat is moving. The boat will feature exchangeable hydrofoils in order to manipulate the lifting force needed for two different categories of the competition. 

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