Taiwan Tech Formula Student Team Wins FST Taiwan Cup, Achieves Best Result Ever

Taiwan Tech's Formula Student team achieved its best-ever result, clinching first place overall at the FST Taiwan Cup Student Formula League. The team successfully passed all technical inspections and demonstrated consistent performance throughout the three-day competition.

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Formula Student racing is not just an engineering competition, but a complete system engineering integration and practical platform. The competition has complete and rigorous regulations. Students not only need professional abilities in vehicle design, manufacturing, and testing, but also need to cooperate with each other in teamwork, project management, and cross-disciplinary communication.

The FST Taiwan Cup is a significant student formula racing event where participating teams must independently design, manufacture, and test their race cars. The competition assesses various aspects, including technical inspections, static evaluations, and dynamic races. Beyond vehicle performance, it comprehensively evaluates the teams' capabilities in engineering design, manufacturing quality, cost management, business acumen, and collaborative teamwork, testing students' ability to translate theoretical knowledge into practical outcomes.

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The most challenging stage of the entire preparation process was the verification and testing after the race car was completed. The team had to confirm whether the vehicle met the original design goals within a limited time. If problems were found during the assembly process, it often required disassembling completed components, readjusting, and reassembling, which was time-consuming and tested the team's patience and tacit understanding.

During the event, the Taiwan Tech team completed all technical checks, including mechanical and electrical inspections, and a rain test. They also presented their vehicle's design philosophy, engineering plans, and technical features to the judges. In the dynamic races, the team showcased stable performance in events like acceleration, slalom, and the endurance race. The endurance race, in particular, is the most challenging, testing the car's reliability and overall performance while demanding consistent driving from the racers and relying on the team's vehicle tuning, maintenance skills, and on-site responsiveness.

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Because team members are all students, they can only invest their time after class in car manufacturing. Staying up late or even working through the night to rush the work has become a daily routine.

According to team advisor Professor Chen Ming-chih, the competition is more than just an engineering contest; it's a comprehensive system engineering integration platform. Students need professional skills in vehicle design, manufacturing, and testing, alongside strong teamwork, project management, and cross-disciplinary communication. Team captain Lai Po-an, a second-year mechanical engineering student, identified the verification and testing phase after the car's completion as the most challenging. The team had to ensure the vehicle met design goals within a limited timeframe, often requiring disassembly, adjustment, and reassembly of components, testing their patience and coordination. Lai noted that as students, they could only dedicate their free time to car manufacturing, making late nights and all-nighters a regular occurrence. Achieving first place validated their year-long efforts and proved their dedication was not in vain, inspiring the team to continue pushing their limits for future success.

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Being able to overcome various difficulties with the team and ultimately win first place overall in FST is an affirmation of the year's hard work and proves that everyone's efforts were not in vain. We look forward to the team continuing to break through themselves and achieve even greater success in the future.