The Flamin' Heath Lives On!

This term in science we're focusing on forces and motions. To look at how forces work and the push-pull effect, we created land yachts. Below is how we created.

Aim
To build the fastest land yacht out of the materials we were supplied.
Personal Aim
Make the best sail out of the whole class

Equipment
Trolley (Cart chassis)
Cardboard
1 meter of giant paper
Scissors
2 meters of cellotape
Metal rod

Method 

1) Put the Metal rod into the trolley
2) Tape the strips of cardboard onto the base of the Metal rod so the base of the sail is formed.
3) Cut out a large triangle of paper and wrap it around the Metal Rod to form sails
4) Secure the sails onto the chassis with tape and tape any extra bits down.
5) Make sure it is all secure and stable
6) Use the leaf blower to see how far it travels and the speed it travels.
7) Divide the distance it traveled by the time it took in order to work out the speed it traveled at.

Results 
Our land yacht traveled at a whopping 1.18ms-1! Even though that doesn't sound too big, it's further than Nadia and I expected it to go. It managed to go a distance of 6.4m which is quite far and makes me proud of the Flamin' Heath. Now you may not know why we're calling it the Flamin' Heath. Well, that's when the sail design comes in. I didn't know what to decorate it with so Chloe suggested I draw Mr. Heath. I asked him if he wanted to pose and he said to just do whatever's natural. I was able to do it over the weekend so this is what I came up with.

Discussion
We were hoping that wind would catch the sail and push our yacht forward. Realistically we should've created a stronger base/structure for our sail to rest on. This would've allowed our sail to handle the force of the wind better and cause it not to turn or rip.

Conclusion
Our land yacht came out better than we expected which is good. We didn't win 1st place but we did win most creative