Race Day

Our mousetrap vehicle on one of the races were it went 10 m. Photo Courtesy Josh

Our mousetrap vehicle that we used for the drag race (we changed the wheels). Photo courtesy Josh

  Our vehicle did well in the long distance race. It went over 10 meters twice and it went 8.66 meters the other time because it went outside of the race track. For the drag race the vehicle went the required distance and we beat out one other team. We ended up being beaten by the winner Cam, Wes, and Florencia's group.
  I think that the only way that we could improve our vehicle is to make the axle round so that the friction is reduced during run time. I would possibly cut the length of the string so that the vehicle wouldn't have the chance to wind back up on itself causing the vehicle to stop prematurely. Also I think that if the vehicle went straight that it might have gone farther.
  If I could design a completely new vehicle I think that I would not use mini sticks because they are heavier than some of the other things that we might have used.
  Other than these things I think that Sidnature 87 did very well. It wasn't a record breaker but it got the job done.