Instructions for Building a Mousetrap Car
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 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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Plans for a Simple Mousetrap Car
Now available without limitations; easy to follow step-by-step plans for a smiple mousetrap car. These plans will have your building your first mousetrap car in no time.
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Mousetrap Speed-Trap Racer Plans
For a limited time only, Doc Fizzix's own record setting speed-trap racer that traveled 5-meters in less than 1 sec. These plans are going fast and will not last long!
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Mousetrap Car Distance Traveler Plans
Warning, if these plans fall into the wrong hands life on this planet will be changed forever and the person who builds this mousetrap car could end up ruleing the world.
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Mousetrap Car Braking System Plans
These plans are not for the curious nor the skeptical, these plans are for the modern man or woman. Stored in a secret vault for years, these plans are dangerous.
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