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Milk Carton Boat?
Our assignment is to create a boat made out of solely milk cartons and
duc tape. With unlimited amounts of only these two supplies, the boat must be able to float 50 yds of a awimming pool. Now the hard part is that someone has to maneuver the boat, meaning that it must float carrying at least 125 lbs. Are there any suggestions as to how many cartons would be roughly needed to hold up a person and stay afloat at the same time? Also, any suggestions to the shape of the boat which would maintain the most bouyany? Thanks! |
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Milk Carton Boat?
"areuKIDDINGme" wrote in message om... Our assignment is to create a boat made out of solely milk cartons and duc tape. With unlimited amounts of only these two supplies, the boat must be able to float 50 yds of a awimming pool. Now the hard part is that someone has to maneuver the boat, meaning that it must float carrying at least 125 lbs. Are there any suggestions as to how many cartons would be roughly needed to hold up a person and stay afloat at the same time? Also, any suggestions to the shape of the boat which would maintain the most bouyany? Thanks! Water is 64# per cubic foot. So to support at least 125# and not be partially submerged, you will need at least 3 cubic feet of milk cartons. Go some more, and the boat will float higher, and be easier to paddle. A rectangle will give the most bouyancy in the smallest area. But, for style points, make it pointy in front of the rectangle. Bill |
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Milk Carton Boat?
Calif Bill wrote:
Water is 64# per cubic foot. Water is 64# per cubic foot. How'd you arrive at that? 'Cuz I'm driving myself nuts here trying to convert lbs/gal (8.333) to lbs/cu.ft. and it's not working. So to support at least 125# and not be partially submerged, you will need at least 3 cubic feet of milk cartons. Don't forget to add the weight of at least 3 rolls of duct tape, which will another 5 lbs. So to support at least 125# and not be partially submerged, you will need at least 3 cubic feet of milk cartons. Go some more, and the boat will float higher, and be easier to paddle. A rectangle will give the most bouyancy in the smallest area. But, for style points, make it pointy in front of the rectangle. Would a shorter wider "beam" provide more bouancy than a longer narrower one? What a fun project! -- Peggie ---------- Peggie Hall Specializing in marine sanitation since 1987 Author "Get Rid of Boat Odors - A Guide To Marine Sanitation Systems and Other Sources of Aggravation and Odor" http://www.seaworthy.com/html/get_ri...oat_odors.html |
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"Peggie Hall" wrote in message ... Calif Bill wrote: Water is 64# per cubic foot. Water is 64# per cubic foot. How'd you arrive at that? 'Cuz I'm driving myself nuts here trying to convert lbs/gal (8.333) to lbs/cu.ft. and it's not working. Out of the past, from engineering school. Salt water is a little heavier. Fresh maybe 62# and average salt water 64#. Been a long time since I graduated. So to support at least 125# and not be partially submerged, you will need at least 3 cubic feet of milk cartons. Don't forget to add the weight of at least 3 rolls of duct tape, which will another 5 lbs. So to support at least 125# and not be partially submerged, you will need at least 3 cubic feet of milk cartons. Go some more, and the boat will float higher, and be easier to paddle. A rectangle will give the most bouyancy in the smallest area. But, for style points, make it pointy in front of the rectangle. Would a shorter wider "beam" provide more bouancy than a longer narrower one? What a fun project! -- Peggie ---------- Peggie Hall Specializing in marine sanitation since 1987 Author "Get Rid of Boat Odors - A Guide To Marine Sanitation Systems and Other Sources of Aggravation and Odor" http://www.seaworthy.com/html/get_ri...oat_odors.html Beam width does not matter. Is how much displacement. Narrow beam would be tippy. Noah's ark, would have been a box shape. No need for any pointy end. As it was not powered, just drifted with the winds. And a box gave the most capacity for size. |
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How'd you arrive at that? 'Cuz I'm driving myself nuts here trying to
convert lbs/gal (8.333) to lbs/cu.ft. and it's not working. 7.5 gallons per cubic foot bc |
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Milk Carton Boat?
Hi, Over here in Perth, Western Australia we have an annual "Milk Carton
Regatta". Here is the link. http://www.newmanjunior.wa.edu.au/regatta/regatta.html "areuKIDDINGme" wrote in message om... Our assignment is to create a boat made out of solely milk cartons and duc tape. With unlimited amounts of only these two supplies, the boat must be able to float 50 yds of a awimming pool. Now the hard part is that someone has to maneuver the boat, meaning that it must float carrying at least 125 lbs. Are there any suggestions as to how many cartons would be roughly needed to hold up a person and stay afloat at the same time? Also, any suggestions to the shape of the boat which would maintain the most bouyany? Thanks! |
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Milk Carton Boat?
On Tue, 20 Apr 2004 08:44:36 +0800, "Matt and Kel Freitas"
wrote: Hi, Over here in Perth, Western Australia we have an annual "Milk Carton Regatta". Here is the link. http://www.newmanjunior.wa.edu.au/regatta/regatta.html "areuKIDDINGme" wrote in message . com... Our assignment is to create a boat made out of solely milk cartons and duc tape. With unlimited amounts of only these two supplies, the boat must be able to float 50 yds of a awimming pool. Now the hard part is that someone has to maneuver the boat, meaning that it must float carrying at least 125 lbs. Are there any suggestions as to how many cartons would be roughly needed to hold up a person and stay afloat at the same time? Also, any suggestions to the shape of the boat which would maintain the most bouyany? Thanks! This is, without doubt, the best post that has been in rec.boats for over a year! Thanks for the grins. John H On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay! |
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Milk Carton Boat?
This is quite easy.
1 g of water is 1 cubic millimeter. 1000 g equals 1 kg 1000 millimeters equals 1 meter. Convert lbs to grams and feet to meters and complete the calculation areuKIDDINGme wrote: Our assignment is to create a boat made out of solely milk cartons and duc tape. With unlimited amounts of only these two supplies, the boat must be able to float 50 yds of a awimming pool. Now the hard part is that someone has to maneuver the boat, meaning that it must float carrying at least 125 lbs. Are there any suggestions as to how many cartons would be roughly needed to hold up a person and stay afloat at the same time? Also, any suggestions to the shape of the boat which would maintain the most bouyany? Thanks! |
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Milk Carton Boat?
"Keith Nuttl" wrote in message ... This is quite easy. 1 g of water is 1 cubic millimeter. 1000 g equals 1 kg 1000 millimeters equals 1 meter. Convert lbs to grams and feet to meters and complete the calculation areuKIDDINGme wrote: Our assignment is to create a boat made out of solely milk cartons and duc tape. With unlimited amounts of only these two supplies, the boat must be able to float 50 yds of a awimming pool. Now the hard part is that someone has to maneuver the boat, meaning that it must float carrying at least 125 lbs. Are there any suggestions as to how many cartons would be roughly needed to hold up a person and stay afloat at the same time? Also, any suggestions to the shape of the boat which would maintain the most bouyany? Thanks! 125 lb = about 57 kg. 57 x 1000 x milliliter (cc) = just a scoosh over 15 gallon (us), or 60 quarts if you buy your milk thusly. ml - gallon conversion courtesy of the best darn units converter program in the known universe, "Convert." See: http://www.joshmadison.com/software/ Cross checking my figures: 1 gallon weighs 8.33 lb, See: http://www.extolohio.com/DATA/METRIC...onversion.html 125 lb payload / 8.33 lb per gallon = about 15 gallons. Mark Browne |
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Milk Carton Boat?
Peggie Hall wrote in message ...
Calif Bill wrote: Water is 64# per cubic foot. Water is 64# per cubic foot. How'd you arrive at that? 'Cuz I'm driving myself nuts here trying to convert lbs/gal (8.333) to lbs/cu.ft. and it's not working. Bill, I think, is using the weight of salt water, which is 64# per square foot, but close enough. Fresh PURE water is 62.5 pounds per cubic foot, and there are 7.5 gallons per cubic foot. (8.33333x7.5)=62.5 (rounded!) |
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