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Overview
Overview
- Mousetrap vehicle must push 16-oz plastic cup past half a meter in front of the starting position
- Vehicle must travel at least half a meter forward and two to four meters behind the starting position, with the specific distance interval behind the starting position, i.e. 3 meters, 2.3 meters, 3.31 meters, depending on the competition level
- The vehicle with the lowest time, vehicle that pushes the cup past or closest to half a meter in front of the starting position, and vehicle that stops closest to the endpoint behind the starting position wins
Completed Mousetrap Vehicle
Completed Mousetrap Vehicle
- Mousetraps pull black lever arm forward when released
- Lever arm pulls string wrapped around the back axle spool, moving the vehicle forwards and backwards
- Front axle has a wing-nut to stop the car once it has traveled a specified distance backwards
- Designed entire vehicle in Autodesk Inventor and 3D printed purple support beams and black corner structures that hold the carbon fiber frame together
- Earned 4th place in the Regional competition in 2018
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