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The Secrets to Success

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Mousetrap cars: the Secrets to Success is the most up-to-date and informative mousetrap powered vehicle manual ever written and now with all new earth-shattering, top secret, construction tips and tricks written to eliminate the guesswork! Selected by students and teachers world wide as the single best resource available for building winning and record setting mousetrap powered racers. Learn how to build the ultimate speed-trap dragsters, long distance travelers, boats, and more! Easy to follow, step-by-step plans, written for beginners and seasoned veterans alike. Mousetrap Cars: The Secrets to Success includes over 159 pages of images, diagrams, top secret construction tips, step-by-step instructions, formulas, experiments, and so much more. Paging through The Secret to Success you will quickly see that it is so much more than a "how-to-guide", it is the ONLY publication that will actually teach you the physics and the science behind building a top performing and/or winning mousetrap powered vehicle.


Mousetrap cars: the secrets to success was the first publication ever written that was devoted exclusively to building contest winning mousetrap powered cars, boats, and vehicles and has sold more than 300,000 copies worldwide since 1996. There is no other publication that contains the volume or quality of information that is presented in the secrets to success, it is years ahead of the rest. Included are scientific terms and definitions, application of physics, contests ideas, lab activities, formulas, supplies, assembly instructions, designing ideas, troubleshooting guides, and so much more.


Doc Fizzix was the 1996 Science Texas science teacher of the year and has set both the speed-trap and long distance world records for a vehicle powered by a standard sized mousetrap. Doc Fizzix's world recored setting speed-trap racer traveled 5 meters in 1.2 seconds and his world record long distance traveling mousetrap powered car traveled 182 meters, that is 199 yards or almost two football fields in length.


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Top Highlights:

  • The most up-to-date and informative mousetrap powered vehicle manual ever written with all new earth-shattering, top secret, construction tips and tricks!
  • Written by Doc Fizzix for students of all ages. Filled with tons of images and diagrams designed for visual learners in order to eliminate the guesswork.
  • Selected by students and teachers world wide as the best single resource available for learning how to build winning and record setting mousetrap powered racers.
  • Includes over 159 pages of images, diagrams, top secret construction tips, step-by-step instructions, formulas, experiments, and so much more.
  • Not just a "how-to-guide" it is the ONLY publication that will teach you the actual physics and science behind building a top performing and winning mousetrap powered vehicle.
  • Doc Fizzix was the 1996 Science Texas science teacher of the year and has set both the speed-trap and long distance world records for a vehicle powered by a standard sized mousetrap.
  • Mousetrap cars: the secrets to success was the first publication ever written that was devoted exclusively to building contest winning mouse trap powered cars, boats, and vehicles and has sold more than 300,000 copies worldwide.
  • All our products are 100% made in the U.S.A by Doc Fizzix in Spicewood, TX.

Page Count:

  • 159 pages.

Author:

  • Alden J. Balmer

*This is the download version of the Secrets to Success.
*Also available in a hard-copy.




Topics Covered

Science Concepts:

  • Motion
  • Friction
  • Forces
  • Momentum
  • Center of Mass
  • Rotational Inertia
  • Energy
  • Torque

Construction Secrets:

  • What is a mousetrap car and how does it work?
  • How to reducing friction
  • How to make a variable drive gear
  • How to add steering
  • How to make large wheels
  • How to increase traction
  • How to adjust the torque
  • Basic propulsion system
  • Axle hooks systems
  • How to make a super string lever arm

Activities:

  • Graphing Motion
  • Finding Friction
  • Finding Rotational Inertia
  • Finding the starting Energy
  • Graphing Energy
  • Finding Work and energy lost
  • Finding Gear Ratio
  • Predicting Travel Distance

Troubleshooting Guide:

  • Add thrust washer
  • Axle hooks and string
  • Too much friction
  • Not enough pulling force
  • Car does not travel straight
  • Car comes to a suddenly or quick stop

Page Count : 159 pages.



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At Doc Fizzix Products, we have been designing and making record setting mousetrap powered cars for more than 30 years. Doc Fizzix set both the speed and distance world records for a vehicle powered by a standard sized mousetrap. Unlike other mousetrap vehicle kit you may find on the market today, each of our kits has been designed through the engineering process from start to finish in order to guarantee your success. We use only the best quality parts and components in our products. Each component used in our kits and/or products is selected based on solid physics principles and proven performance results. All our kits and products are 100% made in the United States of America, we do not out source any of our components. When you buy from Doc Fizzix Products you are supporting an all U.S.A. family owned business. We have been featured multiple times in books, magazines, and on national aired television programs. Publications include The Science Teacher, Boys Life, Physics Today, National Hobby Distributer, and more. Our kits and products have been carried by more than a thousand hobby and craft stores across the country including Hobbytown USA and Hobby Lobby chain of store. Our kits are used in more schools across the country than any other brand. Be assured that when you buy a Doc Fizzix mousetrap racer you are getting the best mousetrap powered vehicle kit available on the market anywhere. We are Doc Fizzix...and we build record setting mousetrap powered cars!



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