My Xbox Mousetrap Car

I built this mousetrap car for my physics class. it had to go 10 meters and mine went 16.6 Meters. i made it out of my old XBOX case and a few PC games for wheels

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Mouse
• Trap
• Car
• Built
• Xbox
• Physics
• PC
• Games
• 16.6
• Meters

[oxdevinox]

16.6? laaammee we hae to get ours to go 30 and see whos goes fastest

[thesampson]

good for you :|

[Pooter715]

What were the axles?

[thesampson]

quater-inch steel rods

[shotyi3]

What did you use for the axle? And how did you get the axle to not move side to side, because mine does that.

[thesampson]

i used a steel rod and i put straws over it to keep it from sliding around

[GotsPokemans]

Do NOT wait until the last day to do these kinds of projects. Or you will die.

[ThaChingster]

thats what i do

[telkwa]

@GotsPokemans I teach physics. No student who waited until the night before to start created a car that could travel the required 5m. Their task was to have the fastest average speed (shortest time) for a 5m time trial on the gymnasium floor.

[KiNgFeRo44]

very cool school i live in germany there are many dumbasses

[NoRefundsXD]

@GotsPokemans

Yah, some kids in my class haven't even got their car done and the competition is in 3 days

[bakuganking1997]

you got the controller tou controll the whole thing?

[bradd1212]

lmao thanks like you said i dont need this anymore, i used a wingnut on a threaded rod for the axle and another metal spoke to stabilize the wingnut so it can only go up or down the axle, once it goes far enough it hits a regular hex nut and locks the axle, throw a few smooth bearings in there and there i go. much better than string because when the string overlaps it will stop earlier

[YodaLittleMan]

not that u need this anymore but the way u would do that is figure out how far the car will go with if one inch of string is unraveled. Then, with the given distance of the dime, u would use basic math to figure how many inches of string u will need to get to the dime. Then u can either tie the string around the back axle, or make a hole thru the axle and and pass the string thru the hole and tie it. this will eliminate the "free spin" of the wheels.

[DragonShami]

nice shitt

[bradd1212]

i need to do sometihng like this in physics, but instead we need to make it, do down a ramp(if needed) and stop on a dime (a literal dime) like meters away and i was wondering it you knew if you could make a braking system on this thing?

good job btw!