Cardboard Challenge Achievements
My group and I are claiming the completion of 9.
Multiple four man teams set out on a challenge to built the best cardboard canoe using duct and of course cardboard. My team and I had to design, sketch and prototype before attempting our built. We decided to go for the most hydrodynamic design possible and proceeded to create a V-bottom design. Once the canoes were completed, the groups placed them into the local pool and began to race back and forth. Our canoe failed miserably and was completely drenched by water and lost all structural integrity. We realized that the V-bottom design was a horrible decision without stabilizers.
For the sketch ideas , prototype ideas, select an approach, built it, early bird gets the achievement, and v-bottom achievements; every member in my group will testify that we did complete these feats. Unfortunately, all our resources to demonstrate physical are gone. For the feedback achievement, I have a few proposals. For positive ideas, we had hydrodynamics and an attempted v-bottom. For change, get rid of the v-bottom and develop a better way of powering the boat. Some questions I had about the challenge included were we allowed to use rope? kick-boards? For new ideas, I believe that a flat bottom; a hybrid v-bottom/flat top design; bending the cardboard to create curves, or shortening the triangle on the bow would have benefited us greatly. For How low did you go, we went two feet under water. For the make your own achievement achievement, "Drenched boat": have a boat that is completely covered by water float after pulling it out.
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