Rubber Band Car Design

Overview

The rubber band car project is a design project developed to enhance skills learned through other projects during the semester. Students will follow the engineering design process to design, develop, test, and improve a rubber band car powered solely by a #32 rubber band. Designs must meet the specifications found below in the design brief. Basic wheels will be provided, however it is recommended that students bring in their own wheels from home. They should be something repurposed that is no longer needed (e.g. - jar lids, wheels from an old RC car that no longer works, CD's, etc.) The design brief and the grading rubric for this project can be viewed below. Data from past classes is also available below (note: click the tabs to see data from different semesters and a list of the top cars and their distances).

Example Rubber Band Car