Knots
Patrol Teams Informal

Reactor Transporter

Equipment: For each patrol, six Scout staves or saplings about 6 feet long, four 6-foot lengths of cord, 20 feet of binder twine or light cord, one No. 10 can, and one nut for a l/2-inch bolt.

Method: On signal, each patrol builds a transporter by lashing a three-sided frame with three staves and then lashing on a tripod from the three corners of the frame. The tin can is suspended from the top of the tripod. The nut is also hung from the top of the tripod. It hangs down into the can but does not touch the bottom or the sides. When finished, three patrol members pick it up by the three corners and carry it to a finish line at least 100 feet away. lithe nut swings and hits the side of the can, the patrol must return to the starting line and start the carry again. The object is to transport the reactor so gently and evenly that it is not jarred.

Scoring: The first patrol across line wins.