Boat Design using toothpicks for Physics Project

[tpru2000]

My son has a physics project where he has to design and build a boat out of toothpicks. The hull is to be covered using aluminum foil and the hull has to hold 1 KG of sand. I have spent quite a bit of time searhcing the web for ideas and designs and am unable to find anything. Are there any members out there with any design, ideas, or places I could search

Please e-mail me at tom.prusinski@sbcglobal.net

[nero]

Who's project is it?

Give your son the material ... Titebond II or III and let him become creative.

[lewisboats]

Think of Strip building and that might help. Just layer them up. Go with a simple shape, like a Scow...simply a square box with a sloped front and rear bottom.

[yokebutt]

Get out the hot-melt glue gun, start building boats!

Good luck,
Yokebutt.

[Skippy]

Yuck, you work for SBC? That company is evil. As usual with a school project, I would wonder how much outside help the student is supposed to get. With toothpicks and aluminum foil, I would probably stick with a monohull. One concern I would expect is supporting the foil without puncturing it. Another is joining the toothpicks securely. Other than that, I would just start reading boat design and boatbuilding books for ideas.

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