Design Challenge - Mousetrap Racer

Introduction\nI am on school holidays. I get entered a disputation to win $200 dollars. The project is to habitus a mo drilltrap race car that can give pop over 8 meters. In order to do this I need to research mousetrap racers to gain an understanding of how they break away and what materials and designs provide work best. I also need to build and modify my racer so that it can conk the uttermost It can possibly go. \n\ninvestigation\nFor this project I am required to build a racer powered by a mousetrap, which can travel 8 metres. In researching for this toil I do lay out many antithetic designs of racers that desegregate a mousetrap, these including varied shapes and sizes, weights and physique of oscillations. During this research I let discovered the essential attributes of the gondola that is needed for it to travel 8 meters, The body must arrive minimal load as this well prevent it from organism weighed down and acting behind which will affect accelerat ion. The mousetrap needs an arm which pulls a pulley, this is attached by string, the interminable the arm the more press is being pulled. I have observed that a racer needs to have at least 3 wheels to run, however I have seen designs with different configurations and wheels up to eight. However I have decided to use four wheels for my racer, both bittie wheels on the front line and two heavy(p) wheels at the back, I believe this will addition the rolling distance of the racer with the large wheels at the prepargon and acceleration at the front with a faster wheel spin. I have elect to construct the body out of pine as it is a light material and is touchy enough to cut and sand easily yet is sozzled enough for its intended place and is readily available. The wheels I will be using argon two wheels I will recycle from last social classs design argufy: CO2 dragster, as these are lightweight and are everlasting(a) size. For the rear wheels I have chosen to use CD discs as these are large and have a sparse contact patch which reduces weight, irrefutable the undersi...