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raftrace [2015-04-12 02:24] – [Previous Years] timraftrace [2020-11-10 18:24] – [2020] add sarcasm tag MirZa
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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.+The raft race is held every year in June/July as part of the [[http://www.edinburghcanalfestival.org.uk/|Edinburgh Canal Festival]]. The race takes place in the Lochrin Basin at the end of the canal in Fountainbridge.
  
 Hacklab has entered every year since 2011. Hacklab has entered every year since 2011.
  
 +This year's event is on Saturday 27th June 2015.
 ===== Ideas ===== ===== Ideas =====
  
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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!\\ +4-person raft based on 6 gym balls.\\ 
-2013 4-person vessel constructed from PVC tubes. First place winners! \\ +https://edinburghhacklab.com/2011/07/raft-race-report/ \\ 
-2014 - 3-person vessel constructed from polystyrene sheet and PVC tubes. [First place winners, I think]+==== 2012 ==== 
 +2-person pedal-powered paddle-wheel craft with gym balls for buoyancy. Winner of Daftest Raft award! https://edinburghhacklab.com/2012/07/award-winning-hacklab-raft/ \\ 
 +http://www.edinburghcanalfestival.org.uk/raftphoto2012.html \\ 
 +==== 2013 ==== 
 +4-person vessel constructed from PVC tubes. First place winners! \\ 
 +https://edinburghhacklab.com/2013/07/edinburgh-hacklab-wins-canal-festival-raft-race/ 
 +==== 2014 ==== 
 +3-person vessel constructed from polystyrene sheet and PVC tubes. 1st Place \\ 
 +https://youtu.be/tRphBr_lyEo 
 +==== 2015 ====
  
 +2-person raft based on an oil drum and a large tub. (no prize)
 +
 +https://youtu.be/3GBIKQ-LbWo?t=561
 +
 +==== 2016 ====
 +
 +4-person barrel and metal frame, flipper/paddle driven. (no prize)
 +
 +https://youtu.be/40T6zGjpbl8?t=304 \\
 +https://youtu.be/UTO98LgxfhU?t=163
 +
 +==== 2017 ====
 +Single-person inflatable banana hydrofoil. Prize: Most entertaining \\
 +https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVVi5ptvL3A
 +
 +==== 2018 ====
 +4-person inflatable banana dragon raft. 1st Place \\
 +https://edinburghhacklab.com/2018/06/edinburgh-hacklab-goes-bananas-at-the-union-canal-raft-race/
 +
 +==== 2019 ====
 +6-person banana flipper raft. Fippers attached to lever+bike brake cable mechanism, which overheated and popped the bananas. 3rd place prize\\
 +Photos: \\
 +https://www.flickr.com/photos/cazagen/albums/72157709095336796 \\
 +https://lightroom.adobe.com/shares/80714c9b6e834ec5a4af31d4829004bd \\
 +https://yadi.sk/a/hyWWAK2I2Rn1jA \\
 +
 +==== 2020 ====
 +<sarcasm>This year's raft race was done fully online because of covid reasons.
 +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/Multiphysics program.</sarcasm>
 +https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=3507286949301403&id=237399276290203
 +
 +==== 2021 ====
 +...
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