Rubber band Powered Pop Bottle Car. If you have a question it is probably worth reading this video description first because the answer may already be here.
Main Components
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2 litre pop bottle (Chassis)
4 CDs or DVDs (Wheels)
Wooden spoon (Drive axle)
Wooden skewer (Front axle)
8 plastic bottle tops (Wheel hubs)
Rubber bands (Engine power)
Tools
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Craft knife
Hot Glue Gun
or suitable glue to stick plastic bottle tops to CDs
Sharp pointed tool to make holes
Scissors or snips
There are two things that usually slow this type of car down. First is making the holes too small for the axles to go through the bottle so you get friction slowing it down. Second is making the axles too short so the wheels rub the side of the bottle again causing friction. Make sure there is a gap between the wheel and the bottle. If you cut some very short lengths of plastic drinking straw you can use them as spacers between the wheels and the bottle making sure they keep apart.
How to put a brake on this car? https://youtu.be/b3R35C49MSI
Some help files
Making the CD wheels https://youtu.be/ZRrjBuWfmrM
CD Wheels with Cardboard Hubs https://youtu.be/Js1rtn2IGTE
Putting rubber tyres on CDs https://youtu.be/ZnuPnveCbxs
Connecting rubber bands https://youtu.be/EbYuhdwknbs
Connecting the band to the axle https://youtu.be/0wPYxloUFJQ
Here is a selection of related playlists/videos
Toy Cars playlist https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA5a2xPRSrB3lGxxzEo_ZDnjnOtIlk50Q
Rubber Band Power playlist https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA5a2xPRSrB1otXh0w36OwsYIHZznUWp6
Rubber Band Power Cars https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA5a2xPRSrB3g5RiX8Kf_uUBOL0Tb7AS0
Rubber Band Power Car #8 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA5a2xPRSrB0zJ5RHjvsw46Mio6uJjF5_
Rubber Band Power Car Back to Basics https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA5a2xPRSrB3WKst8ubr8A_eAPMQlPGw-
RBPC for Snowman plays247 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA5a2xPRSrB0F2PNcApzXxp_nFkUjnCMt
Basic Rubber Band Car https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA5a2xPRSrB2VLIxHH2GIQK-BtE0eixEt
No Hotglue No CDs No BBQ skewers Rubber Band Car https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA5a2xPRSrB01MUXE7uDQVuaQEIA6aug5
Pushrod Plunger Mechanism playlist https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA5a2xPRSrB2mnmlBm9-x_jhLiVgOpa6y
Brakes on Rubber Band Cars playlist https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA5a2xPRSrB3MyidvKMT3DqU1vNy9Atsf
Carrying Dropping Pushing Pulling Stopping playlist https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA5a2xPRSrB04L6RpUAs5akmK3jqmahPL
Rubber Band Power Planes https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA5a2xPRSrB1iBkfCc2jzfTK6LA9Sh7vi
Rubber Band Plane Prop Assembly Demo playlist https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA5a2xPRSrB3Xj24kixZAMLN6oaDu2_Z8
Rubber Band Powered Boats https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA5a2xPRSrB1Pi_dNuFbsZd8q2G_zyjFS
Rubber Band Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber_band
Size 64 rubber band measure 3 1/2″x 1/4″x 1/32″ or 89mm x 6mm
Rubber Band Powered Car 1 x size 64 – full length video https://youtu.be/pIO3FiHX4Oc?list=PLA5a2xPRSrB3g5RiX8Kf_uUBOL0Tb7AS0
Other People’s Rubber Band Cars https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA5a2xPRSrB0dbQ1TpU4qJx4m85zK7MFa
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Background Music
Pan Galactic Albatross Track 3 from Stoo Smith’s Album Adjective Animal
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Post time: Jun-15-2017