Create your Clipper Cat!

Name: Create your Clipper Cat!
Start: 2024-10-11T09:00:00+09:30
End: 2024-10-11T11:00:00+09:30
Location: Honey St (Dock 2) , Port Adelaide, SA, Australia, South Australia 5015

Schedule

Fri Oct 11 2024 at 09:00 am to 11:00 am

UTC+09:30

Location

Honey St (Dock 2) , Port Adelaide, SA, Australia, South Australia 5015 | Adelaide, SA

Join us in Shed 13 at Dock 2 to build and test your own Clipper Cat - a battery-powered catamaran!
Two sessions: 10 am - 12pm & 1 - 3pm
Bickfords bottles form the twin hull of the vessel, while a drone propellor - driven by an electric motor - provides the forward thrust. To construct and test this vessel you will:
* build the mechanical assembly using hand tools and a glue gun
* connect the battery pack, switch and electric motor using a soldering iron
* measure the electrical input to the motor using meters
* measure the mechanical output from the propellor using a meter and scales
* run the vessel in our 6-metre, 2-lane water trough - and measure its speed.
Then at home - in bath, pool or pond - experiment with other recycled bottles or containers as hulls.
Suitable for children aged 8 years and older. Tickets $25 each include a $5 discount voucher for an adult to tour the Clipper Ship City of Adelaide (children tour free of charge)
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