When you turn the axle on the car you are giving the rubber band potential energy which is stored energy.
Rubber band car with 2 cd wheels.
Rubber bands are a convenient and effective way to teach energy transformation and this rubber band car makes that lesson a blast.
Use x acto knife to create 2 parallel holes in the middle of the tube.
Then get 4 cds and glue a wooden spool to one side of each cd and a button to the other side.
Cd dvd spacers comes in a pack of 20 cd dvd spacers with a complete step by step instruction guide.
When the rubber band unwinds and the axle spins it transforms the potential stored energy into kinetic energy or motion.
2 thread spools long piece of thing wood 4 cd s 2 screws 2 washers and 2 bolts.
Tie remaining rubber band tightly around the push pins.
It s a thicker cardboard and will definitely hold up better.
To make a rubber band car start by inserting 2 dowels through a cardboard tube 1 at each end for the axles on your car.
This rubber band car tutorial comes right out of the pages of one of my new books rubber band mania.
Not just for mousetrap vehicle projects cd dvd spacers wheels can be use for just about every possible project you can dream up including rubber band racers balloon powered vehicles and so much more.
The materials required for this task are.
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If the wheels.
Press 2 push pins in each of the dowels on opposite sides.
Then add another washer and secure it by screwing on a bolt.
In this video tutorial viewers learn how to make a toy car with cd wheels.
Build a rubber band powered car.
Loop the loose end of the rubber band over the catch.
A quick google search for rubber band car project yields tens of thousands of results so why reinvent the rubber band powered wheel the top results show cars with small wheels without traction or cd wheels which are difficult to attach to an axel both of.
Now place the cd on the washer.
Tie 2 rubber bands together.
Begin by drilling a hole in the spools and 2 holes in the wood.
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Push rubber down to one end of the tube.
The video below shows a thirty foot run would have been longer but the trans.
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.
Wind the rubber band around the axle.
Because the rubber bands in this tricycle style assembly rotate in the same axis as the wheel it is possible to rotate the drive wheel dozens of times per rubber band.
Do this by stuffing a piece of sponge into the hole in the middle of the cd then using tape to secure the cd and prevent it from wobbling.