Last week when I was at Istra Reservoir doing the course work, we were given a task to build our own miniature ship and propel it by only using citric acid and bicarbonate of soda. This gave us the opportunity to be really creative. My friends and I formed a group and worked collaboratively to achieve the goal and build the ship which goes the furthest.
I came up with the idea of using jet propulsion and using a flask as our engine which will hold the fuel. We started building it and it was so much fun, and also we gained experience as we have never designed a boat which was going to be propelled by a chemical reaction. Therefore we undertook new challenges and also developed the skills of planing and constructing from anything we found.
It was really exciting and after we succeeded at building the boat, we took it down to the reservoir along with the rest of the boats and started to compete. It was thrilling as we started the "engines" and our design was quite good. It propelled itself forward using only the gas the reaction was releasing rapidly. We were on the first place until the last contestant who just barely beat us with a few centimetres.
However, we were awarded second place and that is also quite glorious and we found out that we were not that bad at building ships from scrap.
It was really exciting and after we succeeded at building the boat, we took it down to the reservoir along with the rest of the boats and started to compete. It was thrilling as we started the "engines" and our design was quite good. It propelled itself forward using only the gas the reaction was releasing rapidly. We were on the first place until the last contestant who just barely beat us with a few centimetres.
However, we were awarded second place and that is also quite glorious and we found out that we were not that bad at building ships from scrap.
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