Rubber Band Car Designs For Distance

The following steps can be used to make a successful rubber band car but experiment with different objects for the wheels and the car body to find the design that can go the farthest.

Rubber band car designs for distance.

Build a rubber band powered car. It might be our favorite diy kid s toy we have made we ve made plenty of diy wooden cars too. Home guinness world records. For our design we used a mustard bottle.

By science buddies ben finio on january 11 2018. This is probably one of our favorite rubber band toys we have made. Check out the bonus fun and try to beat the fastest rubber band car in guinness world records. Here are the items needed for your diy race car and the step by step directions for making a diy rubber band racer.

It must travel at least 20 meters and best of all is above. Anything below 20 meters is a failing grade. Loop the loose end of the rubber band over the catch. Wind the rubber band around the axle.

This is an engineering design project. When the rubber band unwinds and the axle spins it transforms the potential stored energy into kinetic energy or motion. With this you can design the car to speedily sprint a short distance or travel a long distance. The aim of this project is distance.

One of the keys to a successful rubber band car are large wheels with rubbery grip that don t slip on the axel. A stretchy science activity from science buddies. Basically it s a project to build a rubber band car of any size and not use any materials designed or it s intentional use is for a car. When you turn the axle on the car you are giving the rubber band potential energy which is stored energy.