Building a Land Yacht - The Fastest

Build the fastest land yacht

Aim: To build the fastest land yacht. 

Equipment:

 1m paper roll

 2m tape

 cardboard square

metal rod

 wooden trolley 

Method: 

1. Cut a square shape out of paper.

2. Make 2 holes, big enough to fit the rod

3. Make a curve

4. Take rod and place in the 2 holes, in the paper 

5. Take the wooden trolley and place the sail with the rod in the hole of the wooden trolley. 

6. To make a curve sail out of paper, tape in using the metal rod as the axles and masts for the sail. 

Planning: We were thinking that we could create a square sail with a stick through the middle. We think the wind will blow best with a square sail, due to the easy force of the wind direction. 

Research: We have so far researched how to make small sailboats and land yachts. Within our research, we found that the most popular and effective ideas were square or triangle sailboats. 

Drawn plan:

Results/Discussion:  In the end, just as we were about to race our land yacht it collapsed on us before we had the chance to see it go. Before it completely collapsed we had taken notice, that the hole made out of wood had actually split causing our rod to lean backwards, making our paper to fall inwards as well. We also did not have enough sellotape for our cardboard holding at the bottom, which meant our paper was hitting the wheels and our yacht was not able to move properly. Next time we will think of a more simple and practical shape for our land yacht.

Conclusion: In conclusion, our plan had started outright but in the end, the yacht collapsed and we weren't able to get a final result. Next time we can definitely, work on not overthinking our plans and shall experiment earlier to see what shape would've worked best.