Martingrove Technology Summit

Martingrove Collegiate represented well at the TDSB Technology Summit at the Ontario Science Centre.

Students showcased radio controlled fighter jets with an interactive display.

Martingrove students were asked to explain to elementary, high school students, teachers, principals and superintendents from all over the TDSB…the design, build and flying of our fast, cool and high performance machines.

Martingrove Collegiate Red Cross Charity Event 

Auto students at Martingrove Collegiate participated in ‘Is It Dirty, Red?’ – an in class and after school fundraising campaign for The Canadian Red Cross Society.

Under the direction of teacher Mr. Sitt, the grades 10, 11 and 12 auto students raised money by working on staff and student cars.

Money was generated by performing jobs such as car detailing, automotive maintenance inspections, oil and filter changes and various automotive services and repairs.

This charity event taught students about car servicing and maintenance at industry level standards.

It was also an opportunity for students to engage in a worthwhile cause, learn about the benefits of giving back to the community and even to earn after school community hours.

The annual charity event lasts approximately 8 weeks with 60 cars being worked on and over $7000.00 in retail work being produced.

The charity itself has raised $5198.92 over 4 years from 2012-2015. All of the money has been donated to The Canadian Red Cross Society.

The Canadian Red Cross Society is a non-profit, humanitarian organization dedicated to improving the situation of the most vulnerable in Canada and throughout the world.

Martingrove Technology

Transportation Department

2014 Double Trouble Go Kart 

There have been countless late nights in the autoshop at Martingrove building this innovative and high performance machine.

After a shakedown test we think it does everything it was designed it to do. Faster. Quicker. More control and it's beautiful.

While many students were involved in the engineering and building of this unique machine, certain students were fanatical and key to its end result:

Zac Marcon, Michael Kundakcioglu, Michael Michalkoff, Max Beal, Kusal Jayasinghe, Matthew Wong.
 

Description:

1 driver and 1 passenger capable.

Custom made steering wheel, steering system, pedals, linkages, brake mount and 3 bridge trellis type steel chassis.

Dual solid 1 inch keyed rear axles span almost 6 feet across total mounted on 4 heavy duty pillow ball bearings. This allows differential action to be possible.

Dual 197 cubic centimeter single cylinder 4 stroke engines rated at 6.5 horsepower each.

Dual gearing @ 54 tooth rear sprocket, 10 tooth front sprocket.

Dual #40 size chains with centrifugal clutches @ 2000 rpm engagement.

6.0 inch diameter 4.5 inch wide aluminum Azuza rear wheels with 15 6.00 6 Carlisle turf tires.

6.0 inch diameter 4.5 inch wide aluminum Azuza front wheels with 15 6.00 6 Carlisle turf tires and tapered roller bearings.

Dual Vespa GT 250 front brake calipers with matching master cylinders and steel braided brake lines. They each stop 6 inch brake rotors.

Independent throttle and braking control allows more driver control. There are 2 accelerator and 2 brake pedals.

Performance:

Speed is limited to 60km/hr.

Capable of over 100 km/hr with speed govenor removed.

Fastest lap times so far: 28.1 seconds around track CW only.
 

Car: Ferrari 458 Italia

Price: $500 000.00

Team: AIM Autosport

Budget: 2.5 million a year.

2013 GT Daytona Class Champion

Purpose of Visit: Promote awareness of distracted driving, career opportunities and performance racing.

 

MARTINGROVE AIR FORCE IS HERE!

This spring, Mr. Garnich and Mr. Sitt's grade 10, 11 and 12 Transportation students competed against each other in Martingrove’s first ever RC Air Race Competition.

This huge challenge was given to transportation students to:

1. Construct an airframe.

2. Install the electronics, prepare aircraft for flight.

3. Learn and train how to fly radio control aircraft on a simulator.

4. Have an actual air race on the athletic field.

We did encounter flight performance issues (which got fixed) and ran out of time preventing an actual air race, but a clear winner emerged in one of Mr. Sitt's grade 11 classes. This particular grade 11 class worked hard during and outside of class time and managed to construct 5 airframes and 3 ready to fly aircraft.

Stay tuned for more on this next year...

Martingrove Air Force: Grade 11 students Christopher Vander Eyken and Kusal Jayasinghe pose with the Russian Mig T-50 Pak Fa fighter jet they worked long hours to build.

 

Metro Toronto Police Intercepter Visits Martingrove Auto Shop

Transportation students at Martingrove Collegiate got to look up close and personal at a Metro Toronto Police Intercepter.

Students got to see and ask police officers about the Intercepter itself, its law enforcement technology, as well as inquire about the daily operations and job experiences in the life of being a police officer. 

The police officers also answered questions about related careers in the servicing of police vehicles as well as the possibility of a career in law enforcement.  

A special thank you goes to Officer Dave Ngo for making this visit!

 

Martingrove Technology

Transportation Department

2012 All Roads Go Kart 

A dedicated number of transportation students worked hard at building Martingroves first ever “All Roads Go Kart” in 2012.

For over 2 months transportation students and auto teacher Mr. Sitt have been designing and building from raw materials: a custom made steering wheel, steering system, pedals, linkages and major main frame components.

This go kart was designed for an optimum driving position, and a good balance of stability vs cornering performance.

Large oversized turf tires were utilized as well as a powerful front hydraulic brake system from a Yamaha R6 sport bike.

The engine used is a modest single cylinder 200 cc 6.5 horsepower engine and for field testing top speed will be limited to 50km/hr. It is however capable of 80km/hr!

Description

·      Custom made steering wheel, steering system, pedals, linkages, brake mount and main chassis.

·      197 cubic centimeter single cylinder 4 stroke engine rated at 6.5 horsepower.

·      60 tooth rear sprocket, 10 tooth front sprocket.

·      Large #40 size chain with centrifugal clutch @ 2000 rpm engagement.

·      6.0 inch diameter 4.5 inch wide aluminum Azuza rear wheels with 15 6.00 6 Carlisle turf tires.

·      5.0 inch diameter 3.5 inch wide resin Azuza front wheels with 13 5.00 6 Carlisle turf tires.

·      Yamaha R6 front brake caliper with Kawasaki Ninja 600 rear master cylinder mated to a 6 inch solid brake disc.

Performance

·      Speed is limited to 50 km/hr.

·      Capable of over 80 km/hr with speed govenor removed.

·      Fastest lap times 28.53 seconds around track CW and 28.71 CCW.

A 1967 Cobra comes to Martingrove

This unique street legal race car is hand built and the only one of its kind in existence.

It was a rare opportunity for transportation students to see and hear about the technology and engineering involved to produce huge horsepower and make it usable on the racetrack.

Special guest Peter Briden who designed and built the car is an aircraft engineer who normally builds aerobatic competition aircraft.

He took the time out of his day to come by and talk about cars with students.

How much horsepower you ask?

1016 HP.