pic: mousetrap car

[Aren_Hill]

i finished my car which ended up very similar to this and won the competition by going across our entire gym long ways and crossing the 5 meter mark in 2 seconds

[Smaug]

yeah i made one is 8th grade make the bar on the mouse trap longer and spin the spring a few more times it helps alot

[Scott Morgan]

Originally Posted by Gear

i finished my car which ended up very similar to this and won the competition by going across our entire gym long ways and crossing the 5 meter mark in 2 seconds

Do you have any pictures of the finished car?

[cire]

We had to make a mouse trap ball launching mechanism that could shoot a ball of our choice onto a drum and bounce into a box. We could take the spring off the mousetrap, I was the only one to do that and ours could shoot the ball quite well.

[VEN]

I had to make one in gr9. I used cd's as wheels, lathed hubs for them, framing was aluminum angle with thin aluminum sheeting. it went 70 feet on the school floor

[Jeff K.]

Earlier this year, I made an all wooden mousetrap car with the edges sanded down for the minimum amount of weight. Ball bearings throughout and just a 1spd pulley. Lathing down the wood I used for the pulley was a pain because it kept splintering. Carbon fiber shafts were pretty cheap and easy to get from my local hobby shop.

Got 1st for distance, since we didn't go for time, and went diagonally across the student center.

Here's the chassis, before final touches to get rid of the glue stains.