BEHOLD!!!! Mouse trap car.
and for anybody else here, what your parents helped you with. I've got stories from my dad.
but tonight... I'm the dad. mousetrap car.
Coolest thing ever.
We enrolled our kid in a new school. It has- Engineering!
Test- make a mousetrap car roll. (fine detail - parents cannot help)
Helplessly, I watched her struggle with so much, her team was provided with sealed bearings, glue guns, and mariah carey CDs. Yet... I was so distant.
In the end, her "teams" car went "nowhere". In an attempt to let the team glue the project together, they glued the axles, bearings, and frame together. The moustrap couldn't spin the gunk.
Parents were not allowed. I played nice. After the project ended, one night one we discussed changing the gear ratio. I pulled the gear ratio down to make more power to overcome the drag of the heat glue.
The design they copied had an arm off the moustrap to leverage a high gear with little torque. We had to break this puppie free. With little more than tying the string closer to the armature of the mousetrap, the monster racer MOVED!
...about 12 inches.
She was enthralled.
she sent the video to her team, who were also enthralled.
She sent the video to her teacher, who is also excited!
Youtube cut me a check for a million dollars.
But then, my daughter asked to make it better. Since the original project is "over" and I can "help" we have introduced concepts of "hubcentric" "friction" "gear reduction" "drag" and "steering"
We took her car which could not make it an inch or two, and now it can cross the entire house.
now i am on board!!!
I ordered about $50 of amazon chinese crap.
This b#$% is gonna do 0-60 in 2.8 seconds. And we are gonna need a bigger house!!!!
Folks, this is a super fun project that can be had at a couple of clicks of amazon. Bored? I highly recommend!
Behold version 1.1
Version 2.1 coming soon.
My daughter is totally stoked. We gonna light it up!!!!
