Materials
3 35Cm wooden dowel rods
1 Mouse Trap
Plenty of Popsicle Sticks
1.5 meter of fishing line
1 Notebook binding
4 Cd's
Duct tape
Hot glue Gun
hot glue
cardboard (at least 2 square inches)
balloons (at least 4)
scissors
5 zip ties
1 Mouse Trap
Plenty of Popsicle Sticks
1.5 meter of fishing line
1 Notebook binding
4 Cd's
Duct tape
Hot glue Gun
hot glue
cardboard (at least 2 square inches)
balloons (at least 4)
scissors
5 zip ties
Assembly
-First, we started with a basic frame of popsicle sticks and hot glue,making a rectangular shape, 1 stick wide and 3 sticks long, and supporting the frame with width-wise sticks.
the mouse trap is glued on to the frame in the front, and a dowel rod is zip tied to the kill bar of the trap
the mouse trap is glued on to the frame in the front, and a dowel rod is zip tied to the kill bar of the trap
Next, we made the axles. To do this, we used the long, thin dowel rod and hot glued Cds to each end by gluing cardboard around the cd's hole and poking a hole through it with a regular sized pencil. Unlike the picture below, we put balloons around the cds instead of tape on the back wheels only.
Next we connected the axles to the frame by cutting up notebook binding in to fourths, and taping them on to the bottom of a popsicle stick. This can be seen in the first picture. We cut the middle of the popsicle stick out to allow the fishing to be wrapped around the axle.
This process is repeated to place on the front wheels.
Finally, we glue the string to the rear axle and to the top of the dowel rod connected to the mouse trap.
After all said and done, the car will work after winding the string on the back axel. Setting the mousetrap, and then activating.
This process is repeated to place on the front wheels.
Finally, we glue the string to the rear axle and to the top of the dowel rod connected to the mouse trap.
After all said and done, the car will work after winding the string on the back axel. Setting the mousetrap, and then activating.
However, there were many kinks along the way...
Post Test Improvements
Superglued a staple to the rear axle, and made a loop in the string to allow for coasting distance.
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