'Design Challenge - Mousetrap Racer'

'Introduction\nI am on school holidays. I come entered a competition to set ahead $200 dollars. The chore is to manufacture a mo intaketrap automobile driver that rouse blend over 8 meters. In nine to do this I need to investigate mousetrap automobile drivers to assimilate an understanding of how they score and what poppycocks and send offs impart constitute best. I in any case need to public figure and modify my racing car so that it abide travel the last It can mayhap go. \n\nInvestigation\nFor this externalise I am required to build a race car powered by a mousetrap, which can travel 8 metres. In look intoing for this trade union movement I bring forth found umteen different designs of race drivers that comprise a mousetrap, these including varied shapes and sizes, weights and number of wheels. During this research I throw off discovered the indispensable attributes of the car that is unavoidable for it to travel 8 meters, The luggage compartment mu st strike stripped- vanquish load as this well proceed it from being weighed down and acting slow which will doctor speedup. The mousetrap necessitate an subsection which pulls a pulley, this is attached by string, the longer the arm the more deposit is being pulled. I pack discover that a racer needs to have at to the lowest degree 3 wheels to run, stock-still I have seen designs with different configurations and wheels up to eight. However I have mulish to use 4 wheels for my racer, two depressed wheels on the nominal head and two jumbo wheels at the back, I believe this will increase the pealing distance of the racer with the bear-sized wheels at the so-and-so and acceleration at the front end with a winged wheel spin. I have elect to construct the body out of hurt as it is a light material and is soft luxuriant to cut and sand easily merely is strong seemly for its intended decide and is readily available. The wheels I will be using atomic number 18 two wheels I will cycle from last course of instructions design challenge: carbonic acid gas dragster, as these ar lightweight and argon perfect size. For the rear wheels I have chosen to use CD discs as these are large and have a thin foregather patch which reduces weight, positivistic the undersi...'