Yeah, It's a boat. It can move on the surface of water. Aside from that, we tested the different speeds at different power levels. When we go on our big mission, the boat will be a lot heavier because it will use solar power. We need to know the speed with all that electronics on board. We weighed all the parts and equipment in the boat, and found that all of them combined weighed roughly 1090 grams. That's pretty much 2 pounds, which is quite a bit more then what we expected. Here's all the parts that added weight: Solar cells (x5) 475 grams Batteries (x8) 360g Battery holders (x2) 60g Solar charger controller (x1) 33g Cell phone/Satellite phone (x1) 162g ---------------------------------------------------------- Total: 1090 grams When we sent the boat out into the water, we didn't quite slap all this junk into it. We actually slapped in about 1090 grams of screws in two bags. We tried two different power levels. We were targeting 3 miles per hour or more, and at 43 power, it was just right.
The next thing we plan on doing is figuring out how much power it takes in Watts to run at power level 43, so stay tuned!
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