Submarine+Competition

(Hello? You forgot that I judged the sub compo? LOL! //~Kaylan~//)

Update Septmber 13th 2011 This was an interesting project we tried last year. Perhaps ther is something else we can design, buiild and experiment with for Term 1 this year. All suggestions are welcome!

Submarine Competition #1 Well let;s just say - there were no nobel prizes handed out pre Christmas so we're just going to keep working on it during Term 2. Please meet in the art room on Thursdays for hands on work each week.

The teams are:

Team K: Geoff, Julien, Carson, Marc Team R: Akash, Alex H, Alex M Team F: Brandon, Liam, Owen

The rules are:

1. You must use pop bottles. aluminum tape, flexible plastic tubing and turkey baster tops. The school will provide the plastic tubing, turkey baster tops and aluminum tape. And--new addition- film cannisters 2. You will be judged on one aspect: How fast it manouveres through an obstacle course. 3. Your device will be tested in the art room sink so it must be small enough to manouever in there. 4. Competition date: December 2nd.

So here's some other information for you on Remote Controls, ROVs, DIY submarine projects, radio frequencies required for underwater and so forth. Happy reading!!!

Remote Controlled

OK. As I mentioned to a few of you last week, I'm no engineer! Luckily I'm married to one so.... apparently we need to define remote controlled. And... there's a difference between let's say radio controlled- like your toy cars/planes etc and remote controlled. You will not be using radio controls as they would be extremely difficult (and expensive) to modify for use underwater, So let's think differently and creatively and cheaply.

** remote-control ** **re·mote ' -con·trol ' ** (  rĭ-mōt ' kən-trōl '    ) or ** re·mote'-con·trolled' ** (   -trōld '    ) //adj.// ( rə′mōt·lē ′äp·ə′rād·əd ′vē·ə·kəl  ) (//oceanography//) A crewless submersible vehicle that is tethered to a vessel on the surface by a cable; it has a video camera, lights, thrusters that generally provide three-dimensional maneuverability, depth sensors, and a wide array of manipulative and acoustic devices, as well as special instrumentation to perform a variety of work tasks. Abbreviated ROV.
 * 1) The control of an activity, process, or machine from a distance, as by radioed instructions or coded signals.
 * 2) A device used to control an apparatus or machine from a distance.

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