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| ===== The Challenge ===== | ===== The Challenge ===== | ||
| - | The raft race is held every year in June/July as part of the Edinburgh Canal Festival. The race takes place in the Lochrin Basin at the end of the canal in Fountainbridge. | + | [[https://www.facebook.com/ |
| - | Hacklab has entered every year since 2011. | + | The raft race is held every year in June/July as part of the [[https:// |
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| + | Hacklab has entered every year since 2011, (except during COVID, 2020-2021). | ||
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| + | This years raft race will run in the Edinburgh Quay Canal Basin from 2.30-4.30pm on Sat 18th June 2022. | ||
| ===== Ideas ===== | ===== Ideas ===== | ||
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| * Submarine. | * Submarine. | ||
| * Simple raft, outrageous decor. (e.g. look like an aircraft carrier, or a giant shark) | * Simple raft, outrageous decor. (e.g. look like an aircraft carrier, or a giant shark) | ||
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| ===== Previous Years ===== | ===== Previous Years ===== | ||
| - | 2011 - 4-person raft based on 6 gym balls. | + | ==== 2011 ==== |
| - | 2012 - 2-person pedal powered craft with gym balls for buoyancy. Winner of Daftest Raft award. | + | {{: |
| - | 2013 - 4-person vessel constructed from PVC tubes. | + | |
| - | 2014 - 3-person vessel constructed from polystyrene sheet and PVC tubes. | + | 4-person raft based on 6 gym balls.\\ |
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| + | ==== 2012 ==== | ||
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| + | 2-person pedal-powered | ||
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| + | ==== 2013 ==== | ||
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| + | 4-person vessel constructed from PVC tubes. | ||
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| + | ==== 2014 ==== | ||
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| + | 3-person vessel constructed from polystyrene sheet and PVC tubes. | ||
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| + | ==== 2015 ==== | ||
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| + | 2-person raft based on an oil drum and a large tub. (no prize) | ||
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| + | ==== 2016 ==== | ||
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| + | 4-person barrel and metal frame, flipper/ | ||
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| + | ==== 2017 ==== | ||
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| + | Single-person inflatable banana hydrofoil. Prize: Most entertaining \\ | ||
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| + | ==== 2018 ==== | ||
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| + | 4-person inflatable banana dragon raft. 1st Place \\ | ||
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| + | ==== 2019 ==== | ||
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| + | 6-person banana flipper raft. Fippers attached to lever+bike brake cable mechanism, which overheated and popped the bananas. 3rd place prize\\ | ||
| + | Photos: \\ | ||
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| + | ==== 2020 - 2021 ==== | ||
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| + | Each team 3D scanned and measured the physics properties of the materials they would have used in building their raft. The materials were assembled into a raft inside of CAD software before being simulated inside of a Computational Fluid Dynamics/ | ||
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| + | ==== 2022 ==== | ||
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| + | The race is back after 3 years! \\ | ||
| + | 3 person raft (it flipped over with 4 people on it) - triangular wooden frame with styrofoam blocks underneath. The design was based on a [[https:// | ||
| + | Got 2nd place and a prize for 'Most Creative Raft' \\ | ||
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