On land, Mercury III, the pride and joy of Engineering junior Dominic Piro, is unimposing, even with its shark paint job. A 10-foot long oval shell made of carbon-fiber composite and balsa wood with a bicycle drive train mounted inside, it looks like a soapbox racer with propellers.
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