Rubber bands are a convenient and effective way to teach energy transformation and this rubber band car makes that lesson a blast.
Rubber band car with 2 cd wheels.
Now place the cd on the washer.
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.
Then place a washer on the screw.
Begin by drilling a hole in the spools and 2 holes in the wood.
When the rubber band unwinds and the axle spins it transforms the potential stored energy into kinetic energy or motion.
Use x acto knife to create 2 parallel holes in the middle of the tube.
Fit rubber band chain through the holes in the middle of tube.
Long distance rubber band car.
When you turn the axle on the car you are giving the rubber band potential energy which is stored energy.
It s a thicker cardboard and will definitely hold up better.
Wind the rubber band around the axle.
This rubber band car tutorial comes right out of the pages of one of my new books rubber band mania.
Tie 2 rubber bands together.
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Loop the loose end of the rubber band over the catch.
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2 thread spools long piece of thing wood 4 cd s 2 screws 2 washers and 2 bolts.
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Push rubber down to one end of the tube.
Tie remaining rubber band tightly around the push pins.
In this video tutorial viewers learn how to make a toy car with cd 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.
The materials required for this task are.
Then get 4 cds and glue a wooden spool to one side of each cd and a button to the other side.
If the wheels.
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.
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.