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Co2 Car And Solar Powered Boat

The Co2 car's side intakes actually work, and empty into the wheel wells. My Solar powered boat was the fastest boat that my engineering teacher has seen. He said it would have won the races, if only I finished it on time!

40 comments

Feb 3, 2009. 4:37 PMElectroinnovation says:

I built one of these in tech class last year. It came in first place. It went around 80 feet in .839 seconds. That's about 100 mph. Beat that. Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

May 9, 2011. 7:15 AMgeek quad says:

i know how u feel sexy

Apr 25, 2009. 3:12 PMsamando says:

try stuffing a heap of sparklers down the car's rear end... that might beat it

Apr 26, 2009. 4:26 AMElectroinnovation says:

Maybe, or putting 10 jatos on a real car

Dec 12, 2010. 12:44 PMrrrmanion says:

how about...

just as many on this, but pointing all different directions- that way the competition get blown up.

May 9, 2011. 7:15 AMgeek quad says:

u guys r such querrs

May 6, 2009. 11:52 PMwilmadan says:

i made a solar powered boat,the motor i used was from the 12 volts vaccum cleaner, it is so fast that could ramp on the shore, i need some modifications to do.

May 6, 2009. 2:44 PMg chord says:

is that just wood how did you carve it

May 6, 2009. 2:41 PMg chord says:

how did you make the cars body what is it made of

Mar 13, 2009. 6:04 PMGamer917 says:

2 words; Alkaseltzer car

Dec 30, 2007. 4:23 AMLftndbt says:

Ok... I'll do it and look like a moron... I get the boat... But what tha heck!!?? Co2??? side intakes?? HuH!!?? Do explain please!! I'm confused as heck! LoL! :) Looks awesome man!!

Nov 9, 2008. 4:57 PMcowscankill says:

I think it is a CO2 powered car, which uses a canister or something filled with pressurized CO2 and put in the hole in back of the car.

Feb 3, 2009. 4:38 PMElectroinnovation says:

But you need a special station to launch it unless you get one where you pull the pin.

Sep 26, 2008. 5:29 AMsadunpererarules says:

awesome. but dude. how did u do it? especially the car.

Jun 21, 2008. 2:16 PMbleachanime says:

this slide show is awsome but can u please try 2 explain how you did this

Apr 23, 2008. 9:49 AMxACIDITYx says:

Nice!

Jan 30, 2008. 5:20 PMry25920 says:

can you please post instructions. I really want to see this.

Jan 30, 2008. 8:03 PM

Spl1nt3rC3ll (author) says:

I wish I could, but I don't want to A) take the boat apart to show the innards, because I have it just right and any monkeying around will ruin that.
B) the side intakes are far to hard to explain without actually re-building them, which took over a week to do.

Apr 1, 2008. 5:58 PM

Spl1nt3rC3ll (author) says:

Plus, I've completely forgotten how to make them. I'll try to scan the plans now that the scanner is working. It'll show more detail, like the dotted lines.

Apr 1, 2008. 5:42 PMMadMechanicMike says:

Thats why I beleive this is a poor instructable.

Apr 1, 2008. 5:52 PM

Spl1nt3rC3ll (author) says:

It's not an Instructable. It's a Slide Show.
http://www.instructables.com/blog/BCJMPAAF9MHREFN/

Use a slideshow to show pictures of a finished project, a work in progress, your work space, or something that you don't quite have full enough documentation to make an Instructable. Slideshows are perfect for sharing your old projects, or those projects that you did so fast that you forgot to take pictures along the way. You can outline what you did, what tools and materials you used, and show off the final project.

Apr 1, 2008. 5:54 PMMadMechanicMike says:

its a poor slide show then.

Apr 1, 2008. 6:05 PM

Spl1nt3rC3ll (author) says:

Well, at least explain why you have that opinion.

Apr 23, 2008. 6:45 AM

Spl1nt3rC3ll (author) says:

Hmmm, no comment eh? You said that with no rhyme or reason, just blatant rudeness?

May 15, 2009. 6:03 PM

ReCreate says:

Yup,He failed

Apr 1, 2008. 5:54 PM

Spl1nt3rC3ll (author) says:

*Sigh* why can't anyone understand that. It's written very clearly.

Apr 7, 2008. 6:01 PMKhaos11 says:

i agree

Jan 2, 2009. 7:57 PM

dombeef says:

Me too

Jan 31, 2008. 6:05 PMry25920 says:

Where did the C02 come from in the car.

Jan 31, 2008. 7:51 PM

Spl1nt3rC3ll (author) says:

That hole in the back is where you put the Co2 canister. When the seal is broken the Co2 propels the car quite fast.

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Feb 15, 2008. 8:55 PM

killerjackalope says:

Hmm I remember winning good money in a few company sponsored school comps, one was a car that had to be built with a fairly minimal set of components, there were some gears though so we made an uber light one gave it a high gear and I did a little cheating, we were given two batteries, one for testing one for race day... both went in the car and under a bit of cardboard, that way none of the other teams knew... Only problem we had was wheelspin... Also Co2 boats are even more fun... but really difficult to build correctly, they want to do backflips etc... Ours had a secret and unique system, it involved a few bits of tiny pipe... Result was stability.

Dec 17, 2007. 7:21 AM

fegundez1 says:

Video and pictures are cool to use,but they are supposed to help show the instructable process.The boat looks like it could be a really cool project living in Fla I would love to see the instructable so I can have one too!

Dec 30, 2007. 4:18 AMLftndbt says:

Ummm... sorry... did I miss the part on "Video and pictures are cool to use, but they are supposed to help show the Instructable process"

They may and can assist you in the written Instructable process. I have not yet been informed, about them having to assist any process....
Infact they may be the complete opposite.. Just being an appropriate medium to display a multitude of different things...

Video's and slideshow's are not "supposed" to be for anything. They are just a convienient way to show interesting project's etc...

;)

Jan 1, 2008. 3:41 AM

fegundez1 says:

sorry I suppose my verbiage was incorrect.That being said I was under the impression that instructables were to be used to instruct how to make or create something,not just show what had been done with no instruction on how to do it.Your pictures and the projects look very good,its too bad we will all have to figure how to re-create them ourselves.Unless of course you add the instructions!

Dec 16, 2007. 5:46 PMFenwick says:

great idea with the side intakes leading to the wheel wells.

Dec 29, 2007. 8:00 PM

Spl1nt3rC3ll (author) says:

Yea, I hoped that it would help to spin the wheels faster, plus it hides the holes. They were a pain to cut out though. Unfortunately at the races the wheels locked up and blew out. Under all that dust is green to purple chameleon paint.

Dec 29, 2007. 8:02 PM

Spl1nt3rC3ll (author) says:

Oh, and the wheels have spinners too. : )

Dec 16, 2007. 5:47 PMMisterSlippy says:

V.Cool -- would love to see some stills and explanations of the construction process though.

Dec 16, 2007. 9:53 PM

Spl1nt3rC3ll (author) says:

Thanks! The air intakes were the hardest to make. It will be hard to tell how they were made, without actually showing the process. (It involves a lot of risky "If-I-don't-cut-just-perfectly-and-on-the-line-it-will-completely-screw-the-car-up-and-I-will-have-to-re-do-it-all-make-or-break" type of cuts.) Otherwise it is relatively easy. I will try get to the explanations soon.