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Earth shattering secrets for building record setting and winning mousetrap cars and racers. Here you will find all the latest and greatest untold construction secrets so you can build your very own mousetrap vehicle.
Mousetrap Powered Car Kits
Record setting and winning mousetrap powered cars, boats, and racers with easy to follow step-by-step pans. Kits come pre-cut, pre-drilled, and ready to assembly.
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Rubber Band Powered Racer Kits
Leave the competition in the dust with any of our record setting rubber band powered racer kits that will eliminate the guesswork so you can sleep easy at night.
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Balloon Powered Vehicle Kits
While the rest of the competition is full of hot air, our team has come up with all new secrets and tricks that we have put them into our latest balloon powered racers.
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Parts and Supplies
All the hard to find parts and supplies guaranteed to help you build the best mousetrap powered car, rubber band powered racers, balloon powered vehicle, and more.
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Bulk Order Specials
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Mousetrap Vehicle Propulsion Systems
Before you build a mousetrap powered car you need to understand the basic propulsion systems. This article will show you how to use a mouse trap to propel a vehicle.
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How to Make an Axle Hook
The most common way to propel a mousetrap car is to attach one end of a string to a mouse trap's snapper arm and the other end of the string to an axle hook.
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Attaching a Lever Arm
For any mousetrap racer the gearing and pulling force are controlled by the length of the lever arm. This article will show you how to attach a new lever arm.
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How to Make a Loop Knot
It is important for the pulling string to have a correctly tied loop knot in order release itself from the axle hook or the mouse trap vehicle will come to an instant stop.
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How to Attach The Mousetrap
Stop gluing the mousetrap to the frame, the problem with gluing is that you cannot make critical changes or adjustments to the mouse trap after any testing.
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How to Change The Gearing
Gearing is how you control the acceleration and/or the travel distance of a mouse trap car. Gearing can be used to increase the torque and increase the acceleration.
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How to Adjust the Pulling Force
The trick to building a record-setting long distance racer is to decrease the mousetrap's pulling force so that it's energy is used over the longest possible distance.
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