Struggling

Every time I set the mousetrap it gets stuck! It's hard to find the car's maximum velocity if you can't get it to move.

Our Car Moving

It moves kind of in a circular motion but this problem is soon to be fixed.

Finishing the New & Improved Car

After working hard until 4:00 on Tuesday, our car is finally completed!! The four CDs are secured as wheels and the test runs are ready to be done.

New Beginnings

After almost completing our car, our front axel split in half! This made us really sad as well as frustrated. Having been the second time this has happened, our group decided to start from scratch, with sturdier axels and bigger wheels. Our new design features less weight, durable wheels, corks, and sturdy axels.

Failure

While trying to create less friction between the axel and body of our car, the axel broke and progress was setback. Ideas on how to resolve this problem were tossed around, and a new car is to be begun.

Mousetrap Car in Motion

A video of our mousetrap car rolling.

Success & Failure

Success
We were able to successfully cut the wheels while punching holes in the middle of them.

Failure
We struggled in making sure the holes of the wheels were not too big, so they slid around the wooden stick at first, but then we glued them to the stick, making them secure.