I lost my little solar boat last week, sailed off into the distance or sank, I lost sight of it. I wanted to make another and looking through my solar power box I found this nice panel that I bought off eBay last year for a project that I never got round to so we now have a rather larger solar boat. Today the boating lake is available for testing so here we go.
The build video is here https://youtu.be/tVtFXriJwR4
Main components
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Styrofoam for the hull
Solar panel
Motor from a fluttering buterfly garden ornament
Home made propeller
Main Tools
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Hot Glue Gun
Scissors
Sharp knife
Soldering iron
Filmed using HTC One Mini mobile phone
Edited using Serif MoviePlus Starter Edition
Related videos and playlists
Oops, Grandad loses his Solar Boat !! https://youtu.be/iBXO2qH8UP4?list=PLA5a2xPRSrB1SVLRn_D16dRvTrocMhFPq
Poundland Nail Shaper powered boat https://youtu.be/Ugj9kQmUQO8?list=PLA5a2xPRSrB24vUS9E8zkSgjZysEL00zr
Helpfile – Extracting Electric Motors from Solar Garden Ornaments https://youtu.be/RImSIixE4lM?list=PLA5a2xPRSrB2v0vxMJyZ9cPweAGx1FK6e
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Solar Power playlist https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA5a2xPRSrB1SVLRn_D16dRvTrocMhFPq
Toy Boats playlist https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA5a2xPRSrB24vUS9E8zkSgjZysEL00zr
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Generally my projects are for my grandchildren to enjoy. OK, I enjoy them too. If anybody else likes them, that is a bonus. I like to keep my work as simple and basic as possible so that it can be copied easily and improved by anybody who wants to try themselves. I recycle or repurpose items rather than buy new and when I do buy I like to keep it cheap.
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Post time: Jul-16-2017