Yes We Can Sat is Belvedere College's team competing in the 2017 CanSat competition.
30/04/2017
After many hours spent in the lab, our CanSat journey has finally come to an end. We'd like to thank everyone who helped us with our project, and congratulate the winning team from St. Columba's College. The standard of the competition was incredibly high, and we all enjoyed the experience immensely.
Until next year,
Yes We CanSat
Final day before the All-Ireland's, how exciting! That means an extra long work session today, wrapping up what small bits we had left to do! No photos today, wouldn't want to ruin the surprise ;). Wish us luck, and we hope that everything goes well for all participants over the next two days! :D
25/04/2017
We're here with an update after another long silence but we're happy to say that our CanSat is finally finished and ready for the final. :) It's been a long journey up to this point but with the competition only 2 days away, we really have to polish our presentation skills before the big day itself! Here's a little sneak peek of what we've been working on recently. Enjoy!
12/04/2017
After a long time of not being allowed to reveal anything, I'm finally able to talk about our 3D printing endeavours. Originally, we tried to use our school's 3D printer but unfortunate it didn't work out at all. The photos below will show what we mean more…
However thanks to our Luke Sewell we gained access to a 3D printer that works. Our chassis was made in 1 and a half hours and after another 17 hours we'll have our cover for the CanSat!!
12/04/2017
Yesterday the team took a visit Eblana Photonics who specialise in laser diodes. They were really generous and took the time to answer all the questions we had in relation to our plans for CanSat. Many thanks to Eblana for hosting us!! Hope you all enjoy these photos 😊
08/04/2017
In case you haven't heard the news yet, we recently set up a Snapchat account for Yes We CanSat🎉🎉
The account is meant to show off the fun side of the competition and it's a lot more informal than the page (in case you were worrying).
06/04/2017
Last week we were lucky enough to take part in our school's science convention called STEMFEST. This was really great for us because we got to tell people about CanSat in person and get some interest flowing 😃
05/04/2017
Hey everyone, apologies for the lack of posts recently due to the factCanSat has been quite busy lately. Without further delay here's the most recent updates: in preparation for the final we are looking into using: a whole new range of sensors, and even more magic and sorcery. More updates will be released soon. Hope you enjoy these photos from the last two meetings:
23/03/2017
I'm happy to say that yesterday at the Leinster CanSat Final our team placed in the top two and we are advancing to the All Ireland's in April !!! Hope you enjoy these photos from the day and make sure to keep an eye on the page for updates
22/03/2017
Here's a photo of our new finished brass chassis, and also some photos of it being welded. Special thanks to our teacher Mr.Jacobs who helped us to make this chassis. Hope you enjoy these photos :)
21/03/2017
Here's a photo of our promotion posters that were hung up around the the school since the 19th march in preparation for the Leinster finals. Best of luck to everyone other team participating tomorrow!
21/03/2017
We had a last minute change to our chassis which keeps the entire circuit board of our CanSat in a fixed position, preventing any damage being caused to it. We switched from an aluminium chassis to a bronze chassis because the adhesive needed worked better with it. Hope you enjoy this photo of the late aluminium chassis which will be missed 😢
