Our goal is to create an amphibious hovercraft that can go on water and on the ground.
We wanted to do it with two wheels in front connected to the motors to make it move, 2 fixed wheels in the back to maintain the direction. We wanted to use wood and polystyrol as main materials since they are lightweight and can float. To connect our wheels we would like to use thin wooden sticks, to make the wheels work we thought about 2 motors, one per wheel, and a battery to put in a insulating cabin that won’t let the water get in.
MATERIALS
battery with 9V or more
polystyrol
heavy wood
2 wheels made of wood with a radiocontrolled motor per wheel
HOPE, Hands-On Physics Experience at Liceo "A.Roiti" in collaboration with MIT 