Team Silent Flyer

MEET THE TEAM

The team is made up of six team mates, each having their own role in the team. Ella O’Leary, the team manager, is responsible for assigning jobs and also in contacts with our sponsors. She is also responsible for team merchandise.

Leah Lehane is our resource manager and she is responsible for finding specific materials used in the manufacturing of the car. She works closely with Ella in pricing and also helps in obtaining sponsorship’s. Leah also works with other team mates to ensure correct materials are purchased and are suitable to be used.

Design manager, Michael O'Keeffe, is responsible for the sketches, drawings and overall ideas of our car. He has created great designs and has worked hard on CAD software creating car designs.

Manufacturing Engineer, Chris Morley, has the responsibility for the creation of the car. This means that he oversees the manufacturing of the car, which in turn means he must be able to detect manufacturing faults, and see’s if anything could be improved in the overall manufacturing of the car.

Jamie Kelleher, is the Research/Design Engineer. He is responsible for researching the information and terms that we need to know as well as designing the car with Michael.

Christopher Manning is responsible for the formation of our team logo and other representation designs for our team. He created the colour scheme for the team and has also worked hard in the social media aspect of the project.

What is F1 in schools?

F1 in schools is a global competition in which schools in every Continent, form teams, with a maximum of 6 members to design a car fit for the Formula 1 race track. In a normal year, the teams would have to go through several stages to get to the World Final.

A team has to enter a five page, outlining their ideas for their car, and overall team design. if they get through that, they enter into the regional finals, racing against schools in the region. then the national final, racing against schools around the country. The four teams to come out at top represent Ireland in the World Finals.

Of course, due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, there was no in person races, and the team has automatically gone to the national final after sending in the five page plan in November.

Thanks to our fantastic sponsors for their continued support: