Great experiments, Todd. It looks like some of the runs were cut short by hitting the edge of the road. The ones that went straight looked really good.
Thanks .. yeah , there is more distance available if we work on getting the runs straight. Next problem may be finding a long enough section of flat concrete :)
Ok, is an iteresting way of save the friction that the guide rail give.
Did you think put some tipe of suspension on the wheels? Maybe that give more stability. And it go straigther. You could use some springs. It is only an idea :)
Yes we are building the next car at the moment which will have fixed wheels, but we are looking at getting a RC buggys' wheels and servos's to mount to a future version to have steering control.
These buggies also typically have spring suspension, so we would try to mount everything on a water rocket car body
thanks George . .Hopefully we will be able to use it for a few months. The blocks of land are still mostly for sale. All big industrial lots. Its pretty good for launching rockets too ... a good 220m x 220m :)
Great experiments, Todd. It looks like some of the runs were cut short by hitting the edge of the road. The ones that went straight looked really good.
USWaterRockets 2 years ago
Thanks .. yeah , there is more distance available if we work on getting the runs straight. Next problem may be finding a long enough section of flat concrete :)
toddhampson 2 years ago
Ok, is an iteresting way of save the friction that the guide rail give.
Did you think put some tipe of suspension on the wheels? Maybe that give more stability. And it go straigther. You could use some springs. It is only an idea :)
Danielastronomo 2 years ago
Yes we are building the next car at the moment which will have fixed wheels, but we are looking at getting a RC buggys' wheels and servos's to mount to a future version to have steering control.
These buggies also typically have spring suspension, so we would try to mount everything on a water rocket car body
toddhampson 2 years ago
Nice video, did you think use a guide rail in horizontal way for guide straigthly the car?
Danielastronomo 2 years ago
Thanks for the comment ... We have thought about it, but we think its part of the challenge to make it go straight without the guide wire / rail :)
toddhampson 2 years ago
That's great work Todd! :) The new location for doing testing looks ideal.
gk123434534 2 years ago
thanks George . .Hopefully we will be able to use it for a few months. The blocks of land are still mostly for sale. All big industrial lots. Its pretty good for launching rockets too ... a good 220m x 220m :)
toddhampson 2 years ago