Rubber Band Car Instructions

Different lengths and widths of rubber bands will wind around the axle differently store different amounts of energy and release their energy differently.

Rubber band car instructions.

The energy generated from the rubber band snapping back into shape is enough to power this small car. You ll need a paper towel tube two old cds a couple of pencils o. This is an easy to make rubberband car using a paper towel tube for the body. Finally run a chain of rubber bands from one end of the cardboard tube to the other and secure it with a paper clip.

While you can certainly use a paper towel tube for your car i chose a sturdier tube that came from a box of aluminum foil. Our rubber band racecar kit comes with everything you need to build a rubber band car. I ve made these cars with groups of kids at library programs several times and it s always lots of fun. Rubber bands can inflict pain if mishandled.

Chose the rubber band you want to power your car. Adult supervision is recommended for children under 10. Hence the more the winds of the rubber band the faster and longer your drive. Decide how you will attach the rubber band.

This rubber band car tutorial comes right out of the pages of one of my new books rubber band mania. On twisting the rubber band around the axle you are storing potential energy in it that gets transformed into kinetic energy when you let it go. Attach it to the car opposite the notch. Next wrap 2 rubber bands around each cd to make an x shape and attach the cds to the car by sliding the wooden spools onto the dowels.