Paper Rubber Band Car

Aiden has broken the wheels off of the car several times and i ve had to reglue them.

Paper rubber band car. Wind up the axle that s connected to the rubber band. Usually 5 14 rubber bands is long enough but it varies they might need to take one away or add one. Wrap the rubber band around the rear axle. Different lengths and widths of rubber bands will wind around the axle differently store different amounts of energy and release their energy differently.

Cut two 1 2 straws and glue horizontally to the two longer craft stick ends facing the same way as the miniature craft sticks. Attach the jumbo paper clip to one end of the rubber band chain. Hook the free end of the rubber band onto the paper clip. I cut a slit in the top of the car.

Long distance rubber band car. Attach it to the car opposite the notch. Decide how you will attach the rubber band. The video below shows a thirty foot run would have been longer but the trans.

Chose the rubber band you want to power your car. Then get 4 cds and glue a wooden spool to one side of each cd and a button to the other side. To make a rubber band car start by inserting 2 dowels through a cardboard tube 1 at each end for the axles on your car. You can t really tell until it s installed in the car and you try it out.

If necessary pinch the rubber band on the axle when you start to prevent it from. We needed two attach the rubber band to a fixed position at the front of the car. How to build a rubber band car. We used a craft stick for this.