Challenge Descripiton
Our task was to create a car which got its power from a spring loaded mousetrap. The objective was to make this car travel as far as possible with just the force of the spring on the mousetrap. Specifically, we had to optimize certain components of the car and concepts like mechanical advantage to further the possible distance traveled by the car. In our design we had to make sure to include a 3D print part and part which was laser cut.
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Findings Needed
In order to accomplish this task, our team first thought of things which would cause the car to stop earlier. Doing research, we found out the a car that starts out fast usually comes to stop early on. We also thought about different ways to make the car the lightest possible. This would prove to be a challenge because we were considering using a long body car. To sum, we needed to discover the best way to optimize certain aspects of the car (ex: wheel size or weight) in order to be able to create a car that could travel a long distance.
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