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Water bottle boat

Water bottle boat

This boat is made out of a motor, fan, water bottle, film canister, wire, tin foil, and a C battery. The water bottle glides above the surface while the motor is submerged.

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Step 1Materials

Materials

The items you need are:
motor
plastic fan blade (not shown)
0.5L water bottle
film cannister
wire
tin foil
C battery

Sorry-You won't need the rocks : )

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10 comments

Oct 25, 2009. 11:01 AMknektek says:

can you put the motor in the canister or attaching the motor to the nozzle?

Oct 10, 2009. 1:48 PMrobobobobot says:

does the motor have to be waterproof?

Jul 16, 2009. 5:03 PMacksheep13 says:

nice but wont the wd40 heat up and burn from the electricity

Mar 14, 2009. 10:25 AMGamer917 says:

im making a boat with a 9v battery

Mar 9, 2009. 4:59 PMseanybiker says:

Thats pretty cool. Good work.

Feb 21, 2009. 5:10 PMRedneck2 says:

where did you get the fan?

Feb 20, 2009. 8:30 AMThe_Vinninator says:

Wow, this is really great. This definitely has some great potential to be expanded. Thanks for the idea!

Feb 8, 2009. 2:56 PMwalley world says:

That is Awesome!

Feb 5, 2009. 3:28 AMbylerfamily says:

I voted for it!Nice instructable.:D

Jan 31, 2009. 5:21 PM

rimar2000 says:

Nice project.

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