Cardboard Canoe Challenge

For the Cardboard Canoe Challenge, I teamed up with Jordan Daley, Lexi Biershbach, Brett McKim, and Jack Gumbleton. Together we built an over sized cardboard and duck tape boat. Here is a list of points I have achieved and some pictures to go along with it.




1) Build It! Achievement: 1 Point; This boat is 100% duck tape.


2) Sketch Ideas: 1 Point



3) Balance Master: Lexi is standing up in the boat for 5 seconds




Other achievements:

4) "Our boat sank with one person in it, about 6 inches. This was not surprising since the weight distribution was quite high.Lb/ml is the unit for pound per water.She weighed roughly 90 lbs. Thus if we us the formula, it is 90/16.5= 5.454555. Roughly 6 inches." (Quote from team member Jordan Daley)

5) Make Your Own Achievement:

Recycle: Our boat was constantly being crushed due to the weight of people jumping into it. But it was able to stay afloat and keep its shape.

6) The Longest: Our boat was the last one standing at the end of the period. For some reason we permitted the other teams to destroy it by jumping into it.

All together I have 6 achievements, so six points. That may not be the finally number, I completed several of the other achievements (5 or 6) but I lost the sketches and/or images required for them. At the time I made them I lacked the intelligence to take pictures, so sorry about that.

7) Criteria and Constraints

Criteria:

Build a watercraft that allows you to traverse the CHS swimming pool.
Protect your workspace from damage!

Constraints:

You may only use Cardboard and Duct Tape for this event.
Each boat must have a minimum of a 3" tall "sidewall"
All exposed cardboard must be covered in duct tape

8) Brainstorm Ideas

How can I build the fastest boat?

1) Construct a catamaran design
2) Multiple layers of cardboard would give the boat more weight
3) A slim but heavy design like a kayak
4) Construct a ball design
5) Build a row
6) Construct a bowl-shaped boat
7) A donut shape
8) Build a two-sided row
9) Construct a rudder for less effort when turning
10) Construct a multiple man boat so there will be more force
11) Construct four boxes and attach them, leaving a platform on top
12) Build a raised boat so wind can pass underneath the boat
13) Construct a raft
14) Build an upside-down pyramid
15) Build a cylinder and roll it across the platform
16) Construct boat shoes (two small boats) so that the pilot can slide across
17) A box so you can slide it across the pool
18) A raft made of soccer ball sized balls
19) Construct a plane in which it is half submerged under water and its wings are lying on the water
20) A rectangle with a chair on top of it