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Aaron321
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hey every1.. at the moment for a school project a group of mates and i are building a rat trap operated car. This is made by obviously a rat trap with about 5mm diamater front wheels and cds as the rear wheels... this is just a quick explanation. what i need to do is find out how far the car will go and what speed it will be.
i thought that the distance = circumfrence of the back wheels * revolutions of the axle (has the string tied to t).
however I am pretty sure this is just finding out the distance the car will travel from start to when the string is fully unwound (not past that). so now I am abit confused and trying to find out a way to find out the distance covered from the momentum. but not sure so if anyone has any suggestions it would be appreciated. cheers
note - info on rat/mouse trap operated cars can be found from a google search.
i thought that the distance = circumfrence of the back wheels * revolutions of the axle (has the string tied to t).
however I am pretty sure this is just finding out the distance the car will travel from start to when the string is fully unwound (not past that). so now I am abit confused and trying to find out a way to find out the distance covered from the momentum. but not sure so if anyone has any suggestions it would be appreciated. cheers
note - info on rat/mouse trap operated cars can be found from a google search.