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01-12-2008, 18:52

Jay H 237

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Re: pic: Mousetrap car for engineering class

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Originally Posted by James1902

sick, the only mousetrap I have ever built only had to go in a straight line. I like yours a lot better

Yeah, the same thing I had to do in H.S. As fast as you can go in a straight line across the cafeteria floor, no turning involved though. All we had to worry about was weight, friction and wheel diameter. Throwing a turn in the mix would have been more interesting.

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