Tempo Interactive, Thursday, 18 March, 2010 | 17:42 WIB
TEMPO Interactive, Makassar:The shipping engineering students of Hasanuddin University’s (Unhas) Technical Faculty had not been creating boats for some time, but in the past two years they began work at producing them. Last year they created a sail boat. This time they launched a speed boat.
Five students who created it one month ago, called it the Cab Over Hydro, a five-meter long speed boat. It looks like a speedboat with a sharp front.
Team leader Zulfikar said the boat, built in the Shipping Engineering workshop, used calculations integrating the theories on ship engineering as well as stability and hydrostatics.
This is the first engine-powered boat created by South Sulawesi students. The boat uses a 2,5 horse-power engine assembled with a propeller and a steering wheel. According to Zulfikar, the engine belongs to the Ship Engineering Faculty and has often been used for practical study sessions.
The Cab Over Hydro can be used in the sea or lakes. “We have tested it on the sea and fresh water areas,” Zulfikar said. The boat can carry eight people.
The boat is made of multiplex and fiber. Zulfikar said this is the real form of the ship’s miniature and is kerosene-generated.
The Class of 2007 students said the ship can only be operated offshore because it cannot resist big waves. However, it can go as far as Lae Lae Island, off the Losari coast.
Zulfikar hopes that the Cab Over Hydro will motivate other engineering students to create more advanced boats and useful applications for the public.
The Cab Over Hydro is an application of theory and field practice.
SUKMAWATI
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