The mouse trap car we designed for this project was pretty standard. We used metal rods with rubber wheels attached for the axles and wheels. We supported the axles to the frame using "U" nails. Our wheels featured some spinners as well. For the actual body of the car we glued the mouse trap on another piece of wood to lengthen the body. The mouse trap was hot glued on the top with a extended arm for more leverage. One end of a rope was glued on the extended mouse trap arm and the other end to the rear axle. As you wound the back wheels the rope would whined as well pulling the arm of the mouse trap back. When the trap arm was released the rope would begin to unwind spinning the rear wheels.…
Have you ever wanted to buy a muscle car? These are some of the reasons proven by research show that the Chevy Camaro is faster than the Dodge challenger on race tracks, Second the Camaro is a better car to drive around daily than the Challenger and my Final claim is that the Chevy Camaro is a cheaper to buy and maintain car than the Challenger. The purpose of this argumentized essay is to show the advantages and disadvantages of the Camaro vs the challenger.…
Our car had four CD wheels that were attached to the axle of the car with CD spacers. We put balloons over the wheels for traction. The body of the car was two pieces of wood that was attached by the mousetrap car sitting on top of both of the pieces of wood. The lever arm is attached to the mousetrap with a piece of string to turn the axle; therefore, turning the wheels. Then the body of the car is held in place by four CD spacers on the outside of the body of the car.…
How did your car perform? Explain the aspects of your car that made it function well. What are some areas of improvement for your car? Explain how it could have been made better so that the car could have performed better.…
Anyone on this planet who has a love for cars can respect the Bugatti Veyron; an automotive masterpiece. The technicians building this car faced hundreds of problems over the course of production. After 10 very long and grueling years, they finally created a very powerful but smooth riding beast. In Sam Smith’s article “We’ll Never See a Supercar like the Bugatti Veyron Again”, he uses tone and design to successfully support that we will never see another supercar like this again, given all of the technological advances and scientific limitations. Smith effectively utilizes a humorous and casual tone throughout the entire article to help the reader better understand what he is talking about.…
Team number three, consisting of Trenton Peters, Brett Halleen, Thomas Monroe, and Grant Dahlgren are building an edible car named “Meals on Wheels.” The problem statement that we are trying to solve is “Build a car that meets all criteria for the edible car challenge, and preforms to the best performance we can make it.” To start off, our vehicle was composed of cheese wheels, pretzel axles and a graham cracker body, with an apple slice in the front to add the element of there being a cockpit in the front of the vehicle, and marshmallow was used to hold all of the pieces together. However, the vehicles performance was less than expected, and didn’t do well on the scale Appendix A.2 of the text book, receiving an estimated 28pts out of 50pts.…
The automotive industry in the United States is one of the largest in the world and one of the fastest growing. The U.S currently is second among the largest manufacturers in the world by volume with 8-10 million automobiles every year. Chevrolet’s Camaro’s wasn’t an original notion; it was designed to compete with Ford and their success with the Mustang. The cars platform and major components were shared with those of the Pontiac Firebird. Although the idea behind the car was borrowed, it was still unique in it’s own way. Chevrolet’s Camaro is a highly rated muscle car with an individual style, engine, and overall performance.…
* A sports car is wedge-shaped to reduce air resistance and so increase top speed.…
* The main problem I encountered while building my project was how to get the wheels off of a toy truck. I solved this problem with the aid of Mr. Farrand, 3 pairs of pliers, some very strong scissors, and a hammer. =] The other problem I encountered was that the wheels fell off after every test run. I solved this problem by simply gluing the wheels back on.…
This play is a tale of two lovers, tied together by death due to ancient family hostility. Throughout the play, this couple, madly in love, made every effort to see each other. The love-struck pair secretly wed and planned to escape Verona together. Despite their families’ many quarrels, true love prevailed; they died in each other’s embraces and the feud between the Montagues and the Capulets came to an end. In Romeo and Juliet, a sweetly painful drama, Shakespeare uses metaphors, oxymorons, and foreshadowing to convey powerful emotions.…
evaluate how the shape and power of a vehicle can be altered to increase the vehicle’s top speed…
Without this innovative discovery, people would never be able to experience life 's fullest advantages. Before cars, boats and very slow traveling trains were the only ways to travel to distant places. Although there is not ONE single individual that takes credit for inventing the car, many are recognized, as all are worthy of this recognition. So many paid a considerable part in the creation of cars over the years, and although we have come such a long way, researchers are always looking into the future. These individuals are coming up with new technology every day, and so long as there are smart people in the production, surely the industry will not be slowing down anytime soon. Each and every evolution of this remarkable creation has been a notable one. The automobile reigns as the most significant invention to date, and is continuing its lead today with cleaner, more efficient fuels and ever-changing concepts. In light of hybrid engineered motors, the automobile ascends to a new radiance. It will still be the provider of such great ease in peoples ' daily lives, but will now do so in an environmentally safe manner. The formation of the automobile is without question, precisely the most monumental achievement the world has ever…
The people in the video “Prototype This by Discovery Channel,” used all twelve steps in The Adopted Design Process for PLTW Courses. The first step is to define a problem; in this case the problem is that there is too much traffic and not enough parking spaces. The second step is to brainstorm. They brainstormed that they should make a car that can go over the traffic and be able to park horizontal into the tight parking spaces. The third step is to research and generate ideas. The designers researched that they would be able to make a car that rises over the other cars in traffic and drive forward. Also have the car be able to park horizontally into the tight parking spaces or have it park over another car if no parking spaces are available. The fourth step is to identify criteria and specify constraints. The constraints are that the car has to be street safe, legal for the road, and be able to move fast enough to keep up with the other moving cars. The fifth step is to explore possibilities. The possibilities can be a very wide variety, such as wheels that turn to park horizontally, and have it be wired to park itself electronically. The car could have different sensors to electronically park it and have wheels that turn horizontally to slide right into parking spaces or have a car lift and use the horizontal wheels to slide into different parking spaces. The sixth step is to select an approach. The designers decided to divide up and one team design how the car moving over the traffic and the other team design how the car will horizontally park. The seventh step is to develop a design proposal. The designers decided that the team who will design up how the car will drive over the traffic will use a separate car from the team designing how the car will horizontally park. The first team decided on an idea which is to use beams and metal materials to have the wheels come out from the side and life the car up. The second team thought…
There are few ideas that we had when approaching to this project. We started have a bit of clue of vehicle A with just a simple sketch of how the car going to be. Firstly, we thought the model of the car will be a box like and the PCP board with the motor will be in the box of the car. Later on, we thought of two types of material for the model of the car, it is either plastic or soft wood. They are both light and easy to get. The second part that we have to sketch is a lift which will be later on placed on the device A. The material of the lift…
Could one, by emulating the design and structure of a boxfish, improve the sustainability of the motor industry, by decreasing material usage in construction and improve rigidness with aerodynamics, while maintaining strict safety-measures, in motor vehicles?…