When we did our first trial run, the car went less than a foot. Adding the spoiler that pulled the string really helped because it pulled on the sting more than just the back wheels did originally. In class we could see that adding the duct tape as we did made a difference in the cars traction because most cars that used ads without duct tape didn't preform as well as those that did have it or cars that had balloons on the wheels. Winding the car up and letting it go (trial 2) ended up working better than using a mouse trap to start it (trial 1) so we'll probably get rid of the trap. Finally it seemed our car had some stability issues so we think we could give our car a longer body to help stabilize it and allow for a smoother ride!
After making the improvements to the car, it preformed worse than before. The new car lever that we added was too big and wouldn't sit flat on the mouse trap base. Because of this, the car was not able to go as far as it could have. We also put the car lever on the right side of the car making the mouse trap have different amounts of force put on it on each side which then caused the trap to bend and break.
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Kayleigh Jones, Marie Dunlea, Montana Widener
Kayleigh Jones, Marie Dunlea, Montana Widener