Briefly describe the project:
This week I have made a hovercraft out of scrap materials such as salad containers. The container has to have a skirt on the bottom so that the air pushed down by a DC motor with a propellor on it creates an air cusion. The DC motor has to be mounted on the container with a hole that is about the diameter of the Propellor so that the fan can suck in air. The rest of the container should be pretty air tight so that the only air escaping is through the holes on the bottom.
What engineering frameworks have you worked with this week? http://dhsengineering.pbwiki.com/FrameworksStandards
What has your group accomplished this week?
This project is sort of a side project that I did. The goal of this project besides having a fun time making a hovercraft was to motivate the hovercraft group in the class. It showed them how possible it is to make a working hovercraft and how to obtain the information that is needed.
What problems has your group overcome this week?
The problems that I had to overcome was the size and amount of holes that I had to make in the bottom of the hovercraft container to make the thing move.
What are the most significant problems your group faces at this time? What will you do to meet these problems?
The most significant problems that I had was mounting the motor with the right size hole, the amount of holes on bottom, the correct container with an air skirt, and how to get power to the hovercraft.
What materials or information do you need? How do you plan on getting these materials or information?**
The materials needed were provided in the class. All I needed was a salad container and a soup cup. We had DC motors and propellors. The information needed was on the Makezine website and I also just did a google search on homemade hovercrafts.
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