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Posted on: August 29, 2007 11:02 AM, by CR McClain
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That is very cool. The propeller "design" is fascinating, but I don't think super efficient. But the whole idea... you could teach a pretty good physics course just using this thing. Neutral Buoyancy, why you need the ruler - angular momentum, tilting the ruler to get lift (up or down), amount of energy in the rubber band to move the thing... You could even do quality control statistics by building 6 or 7 and comparing...
Posted by: Markk | August 29, 2007 8:25 PM
I built one! It wasn't exactly the Nautilus but it was a fun way to kill an afternoon. Thanks for the link!
Posted by: Homie Bear | September 4, 2007 3:36 PM