For Earth

This is our Final model of the Flying Scooter Designed by Chidera For Earth.

We loved making this and we think that your invention is Superb!!! 

Made by Rasmi, Amber and Wiktoria

This is our final design of the Flying scooter Poster for earth. 

Once we printed out the poster Amber made it 3D by putting texture on the poster with tissue paper on the earth.

Wiktorias first ideas for the poster were to include an image of the earth as the scooter was designed for earth. She also decided to place the scooter and Alexa riding around the globe to show that the scooter flies.

Rasmi made some sketches of Chideras character Alexa, and Wiktoria used AI (Artificial Intelligence) to generate a developed image of Alexa.

Wiktoria was in charge of the poster. She made a CAD (Computer Aided Design) model of the scooter to use in the poster.

Wiktoria painted the base of the scooter and the wheels with black acrylic paint. Once the paint dried she decorated the wheels and base with pink glitter paper and gems as this matched Alexas outfit and aesthetic.

Wiktoria also made the forks and axles for the wheels and then attached them to the bottom of the scooter base.The fork and axle allow for the wheels to spin.

Rasmi also worked on making the bucket using cardboard which included covering the bucket with green coloured papers and adding decorations.

Rasmi worked on making the wheels for the scooter. The diameter of the wheel was tailored according to the scooter’s base size. The next thing to consider was to make the width big enough so that the wheel could stand on its own and support the scooter.

Rasmi split the cardboard to create the tire thread and make the scooter suitable for a bumpy landing.

Wiktoria had bought some pink windmills. To make them fit in with the rest of the scooter more we decided to cover the centres with pink and purple gems.

We had collected some toilet roll tubes and a tin foil tube for the neck and handlebars. Using tape and hot glue we stuck them together. 

To make the handle move up and down Amber stuck a piece of ribbon on the inside of two tubes. Sticking them together and preventing them from being pulled fully apart.

Amber used colourful tissue paper to make the coloured section on the neck of the scooter then used both glitter paper and gems in between each colour section to make the neck look neater and glitterier as we thought that it fit the brief well.

For the base Amber drew a slot shape of a scooter base on the cardboard then she cut it out traced it onto another sheet of cardboard so there would be two even pieces. With strips of cardboard Amber stuck the top and bottom pieces together with hot glue, giving the base depth.

Hi Everyone!

In this Blog entry 3 First Year Students from Edinburgh Napier University have chosen to make this design come to Life! Our names are Amber, Rasmi and Wiktoria. 

Our group started of with a quick sketch to plan out how we were going to make this amazing invention come to life. We made the Scooter out of recycled cardboard and a few other materials to decorate.

At this point we also decided who will do what in the creation of the Flying Scooter. Rasmi will do the bucket and wheels, Amber will do the neck and base and Wiktoria will do the poster as well as decorate the parts of the scooter once they will be formed out of cardboard.