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A team of engineering students from Dripping Springs High School spent a week in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates competing in the Land Rover 4x4 World Championships. DSHS finished 12th in a field of 23 teams from 18 countries, after ranking as high as third during the multi-day competition.
The challenge involves between three and six team members working together to design and build a radio-controlled four-wheel drive (4×4) vehicle to set specifications. The vehicle must be able to successfully negotiate a specially designed test track emulating real life, and it must perform as a full scale 4×4 vehicle would do in an off-road situation.
