Amphibious Bottle

The Amphibious Bottle rolls by rubber band power over water, tub, pool, puddles, lakes.

Just roll it away on the ground like a bowling ball to wind it up.

Step 1 Make first hole

Use a 2 quart round plastic bottle.

Big 2 quart round Gatorade bottles work great.

Drill a hole in the center of the bottom of the bottle.

Any size drill you have handy from 1/4 inch to 1/8 inch is fine.

You can even use a soldering iron to melt a hole in the bottle.

Wear safety goggles.

Work on a proper workbench, not your kitchen counter like I did.

Comments

[bionicleboy365]

this is an awesome Instructables its a clean design fun to play with and is do able

[iectyx3c]

Thanks it should be easy to improve on this simple design. Maybe paddles hot glued onto the sides?

[Powerpointed]

hey that would be cool

[bionicleboy365]

what if you got a huge container and used lots of bungee cords and a seat and had a person act as a weight. now that would be cool.

[Powerpointed]

thx for voting!...btw this is a cool idea

[iectyx3c]

Loved yer Toothpaste squeezer and hope it wins a prize!

[Powerpointed]

THx i did win

[Speedmite]

I thught these were called come-back- cans? I made one in science a while ago.

[iectyx3c]

You are right, comeback cans are a great science toy. This one uses a recycled plastic bottle so you can use it in the water too.

[daninja]

i made one of these out of a cofee can. probably not as good as this one though.

[iectyx3c]

Your coffee can toy is probably BETTER than mine for hallways and floors. But this works great in pools, tubs and puddles :)

[roofm]

What does this actually do? Does it roll or something?

[iectyx3c]

It sure does - It is an amphibious vehicle - it drives in dirt, over water. It is super easy to build (and mod) with stuff you probably have around.

[DuFFxP93]

I'm gona have loads of fun with this thing! :) Thanks