• Problem:  Design a boat that would have minimal drag if it were scaled to 12 feet long and loaded with 500 pounds of weight. 
• Build a scale model of the boat.  
• Project Grading:  Inventors' Notebook entries will determine the grade for the project.  Create an organized presentation, linked from your inventor's notebook main page, featuring each of the following:
  • The problem:  describe the problem (see above)
  • Version 1.0:
    • The design process:  at least three screen shots of several "incremental saves" leading to the creation of your prototype.*** If you cannot do this for version 1.0, do it for version 2.0.
  • Photo of actual version 1.0
  • Photo of testing version 1.0 -- You can get this from a screen shot of your video, which Mr. Stapleton will put on the student common drive.
  • Results of testing version 1.0
    • Terminal velocity data
    • Maximum capacity (before sinking)
  • Version 2.0:
    • A screen shot of your design in Rhino
    • Photo of actual version 2.0
    • Results of testing version 2.0
      • Terminal velocity data
  • Maximum capacity (before sinking)

This is the end of what is due 1st quarter.  The final boat information will be graded next quarter.

• Final Boat -- Laser cut version to be completed later:
  • Photo of Final version -- 3.0 (plywood)
  • Results of version 3.0 testing
    • Terminal velocity data
    • Maximum capacity (before sinking)
  • Reflection on the project -- the content here is up to you; some ideas are... what you learned, what you would do differently, other ideas that this project has sparked, insights into the topic...
• Contest Scoring: For contest purposes, there will be two awards.
  • Award for Lowest drag  (highest terminal velocity)
  • Award detemined by the product of terminal velocity and weight holding capacity. (terminal velocity, in m/s, multiplied by the maximum weight the boat can hold before it sinks).