Recycled Boat

This article is about recycled boat made from

two big pieces of packaging foam

of a electric saucepan.

Figure 1: Boat in the water

I placed an old computer fan inside.

This is the video of my boat in the lake:

Step 1: Make the Boat

The computer fan motor was not working.

Thus I connected a powerful 12 V motor to

the computer fan propeller.

Figure 2: Front View.

I connected the two big foam pieces with thick pencils

and thin insulated metal wire:

Figure 3: Back view.

The fan is controlled via remote control.

I used eight D batteries to power

a 12 V computer fan.

Figure 4: Boat with battery harnesses.

I also used eight AA batteries to power the

relay remote control circuit.

I could have used the same power supply for the

fan motor and the remote control circuit. However,

I was worried that the relay signal surges might

interfere with the receiver circuit.

Step 2: Testing

You can see additional video of my boat in the lake:

Conclusion

The motor did not spin fast enough and the boat was not moving because the propeller was generating enough wind.