Racer Recommendation

          Some of the things that went well with our car was that when greased the axles spun really well in the axis and once we screwed the front wheel so it was tight and not wobbling it rolled way better.  Some tips for future racers are to make sure that the wheels are straight, level, well aligned and don't wobble as this will best utilize the power exerted by the mouse trap.  For the race itself it would be nice to have the course meters marks better defined so its easy to tell how far your car went.

Post Race Reflection

    

        Our car on race day did reasonably well according to how we though it was going to go.  We got 5th place in the distance with a distance of 10 meters and 6th place in the drag with a time of 5.75 seconds.  If we would have had the chance to work with out car after I would have made sure the chassis was straight and the string held on to the axle consistently.  The back left wheel also needed straightening as it was pretty wobbly.  If I could build a whole new car I would make it out of lighter material and make a better attachment for the string to the axle, as it slipped a lot.  On our old car the rear wheels really needed to mounted level so it went straight and true.

 

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