MouseTrap Car Plans
What was that saying on the old T.V. show, 'The A Team'? I Love it when a plan comes together.
Every good project starts with a plan, and building a mouse trap car is no different. Sure you can grab your basic mouse trap and slap some wheels on it, but that does not necessarily make for an award-winning mouse trap car.
There are many things you need to consider before you jump right in and start building your mouse trap car. Things to consider are:
- Will your mouse trap car be a distance mouse trap car? (Meaning, is there a contest to see how far your mouse trap cars will go?)
- Will your mouse trap car be built as a mousetrap racer? (Meaning, the contest is to see which mouse trap car goes the fastest)
With just these two considerations, you would build your mouse trap cars fairly different from each other. The first you want it to go as slow as possible so the energy stored will make the mouse trap car go the furthest.
With the second consideration, you want your mouse trap car to go the fastest, expending as much energy as possible to get the wheels turning and propelling the mouse trap car.
Other items you will need to consider in your plan are:
- Are you limited to the types of materials you can use? (Some instructors give you a pre-determined list or kit, and you cannot use any outside materials)
- Are you limited on how or what type of modifications you can make to your mouse trap car?
Once you have the answer to these and some other questions, you'll be able to pencil out your mouse trap car plans and being the next phase - actually building your award winning mouse trap car.
If you have not completed your plans yet, I highly recommend the all-inclusive guide on
How To Build A Mouse Trap Car
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