Reflection Paper Boat Design

Today most people think of ships as common every day tools that don’t take much to understand. One builds a hull and some little structuring later and bam you have a ship. But ship building is much more than taking some metal and building a floating structure. It takes years of understanding and research to build such a vessel. Mankind has been building ships for centuries but it was not until the 17th century that Archimedes, a great Greek Mathmatitions, ideas were used and studied closely. Today no one would even think of building a ship without using some type of calculations or a computer to draft out a design. The same principles used in the dynamics of ship building are used in the manufacturing of kneeboards, water skis and

In which previous exercise did you create your Wood Kit, and what views were created in that exercise?

Our boat is in a square shape so that the pennies can equally balance in each corner and the center. As seen on page 14 the material that makes up the boat are popsticle sticks because they seem to be stronger. If they’re stronger they will be able to hold more pennies. The popsticles have a length of 11 cm, we decided to have this size because we couldn’t add another roll of popsticle sticks since we were going to exceed our budget which was $1, 500.00 (page 12). If we include the propeller, the length of the boat would be 19 cm (page 9), due to the paper clip and wooden stick being added between the straw as seen on page 18. Me and my partner chose this deisgn because we wanted to create an innovative propeller, so we used straws, paper clips,

Last year, I set the goal that I wanted to pass the 2017 AP Studio Art 2-D: Design Exam. I wanted to prove my art ability. For the portfolio, I had to create 12 pieces that demonstrated a theme and 12 pieces that show experimentation. Sadly, I needed 6 pieces still. For a week before the exam, I worked on the other pieces everyday. Drawing, then adding Ink, then adding white out, then adding cutouts. The night before, I stayed up until 4am to finish. I was able to successfully finish my portfolio and I received a 5 on it. This year I submitted an application for the YoungArts competition and I hope to become a finalist.

wind and rubber under the boat so you would go which way you steered the wheel.

I made the boat by folding it to make it 6x6in, and then I folded the sides halfway in, and then brought them up to make the walls of the boat.

I made my boat out of foam core. It was left over from a yard sale that we had at my house about a year ago. I made a pattern of the sides and top of the boat out of paper first. After I did that I took and cut those shapes out of foam core so the ship resembled the one on the cover of the book. I had the top, the bottom, the sides, the back, and the boxes that go on top all cut out so I put them together using both tape and my mom’s hot glue gun. I even made a rudder for the bottom of the boat out of foam from

Flecks of missing paint littered the small fishing craft. Kirro stood proudly in the front with a sense of direction against the increasing gales of easterly winds.

One thing to watch out for is the temperature of the place you are storing your boat. Your boat is constructed with materials that can be sensitive to extremely cold or hot temperatures. For example, an extremely cold storage climate could cause wood to warp, and an extremely hot storage climate may compromise the boat’s overall structure due to the metals that can bend. The ideal temperature for

Read problem: “Jimmy sees that his boat is about 6 color tiles long. Draw jimmy’s boat. Draw the color tiles to show how you measured.” (Have students try it out.)

This is where he imagined he’d be basking in the sun just as that other canine was doing on the Fourth of July. Once he had the basic shape of the body of the boat he had to measure out the length and cut the cardboard tubes (pontoons) accordingly. At first he thought his scissors would be strong enough, but soon realized that they would not do. He used his father's’ chop saw to get the job done. Of course he didn’t have anyones permission and was scolded shortly but he knew that he’d be forgiven in no time due to the cuteness of his entire being. Once the pontoons were measured to the length of the boat he duct taped them together and to the boat, 3 lined up next to each other. His vision was starting to become a reality. The only thing left to do was cover it with plastic to keep it from crumbling beneath his four paws. He cut a strip twice the size of the base of the boat and wrapped it all the way around and into the inner sides of the box. This, he thought, would assure absolutely no water would be able to make contact with the cardboard (he was wrong). The finishing touches were to seal all of the openings with the duct tape. He covered every inch he imagined possible water damage could take effect. Mickey took a step back after the 6 hours of work and admired his boat. He was ready to put it up to the test and soar in the lake

I found my boat sitting in the back lot at a local marina. Long forgotten by its previous owner, the 1977 Century Raven 230 was truly in a sorry state, but to me it was a diamond in the rough. An ant colony had set up home in the soggy interior, the bow had been damaged by backhoe, and there was even a small cottonwood tree sprouting between the seats, but in my mind's eye I could see beauty below the filth. I purchased the boat for a modest sum from the marina, who also shipped the boat to my home, doubtless glad to see the back of it. The first summer was spent stripping everything from the boat; floatation, rotten stringers, out also went the old OMC outdrive and hardware, until I was just left with a bare shell. Repairing the hole in the

Lack of documentation: According to the article there was no scientific theory of how a vessel should be build, no schematics or engineering drawings to provide a visual of how the boat would look and the blueprints “lived” in the head of the designer.

Building was the hard part. First we taped a ramp to the left side of the box that slanted downward. We curved the ramp at the edge of the box and taped a tube

Boats come in many different shapes and sizes. Though they can be fun toys, there is a lot that to consider when diving into the physics behind it. There many factors that need to be taken into consideration when building a boat, a few of the important ones are weight, rudders, the position of a rudder and the position in which a motor is placed. Each of these factors are what either make or break a boat.