In a group of four, Me, Mike, Amy, and Steve, we constructed a small vehicle that could turn corners and run on batteries. We were given some small motors, gears, wheels, and piece of thin wood, batteries of our choice and a brain for its hardware. With screws, we connected the motors to the piece of wood and put the wheel axel directly onto the motor to reduce friction created from the gears. Then we put another rotational wheel on the other side to allow rotation of the vehicle to make the sharp turns on the race track. Then we connected the brain to everything and the vehicle was on a move. Below is our vehicle without the brain.
Only two groups were able to complete the track in good time. They were Sam's and Armando's groups. Sam finished in 2:24 and Armando finished in a close 2:50. We all had a lot of fun while working on these vehicles.
If we had more time on this project, I would've added smaller wheels to reduce the static friction on the car. Also, I think that gears might've helped out I little bit more. I think that if we tried a bunch of different back wheels that were not connected to the motors, we could've had more success. But, now everything is put in the past and I am looking forward to break records with my trebuchet.
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