Rubber Band Car Instructions

It s a thicker cardboard and will definitely hold up better.

Rubber band car instructions.

The rubber band unwinds to regain its former configuration spinning the axle and propelling the car forward in the process. Hence the more the winds of the rubber band the faster and longer your drive. Our rubber band racecar kit comes with everything you need to build a rubber band car. Build a rubber band car what you need.

Decide how you will attach the rubber band. 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. Rubber bands can inflict pain if mishandled. This rubber band car tutorial comes right out of the pages of one of my new books rubber band mania.

Finally run a chain of rubber bands from one end of the cardboard tube to the other and secure it with a paper clip. This is an easy to make rubberband car using a paper towel tube for the body. I ve made these cars with groups of kids at library programs several times and it s always lots of fun. 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.

Adult supervision is recommended for children under 10. Attach it to the car opposite the notch. Different lengths and widths of rubber bands will wind around the axle differently store different amounts of energy and release their energy differently. The energy generated from the rubber band snapping back into shape is enough to power this small car.