The STEMFIE rubber-band-driven car is easy and quick to build and demonstrates energy retention and controlled release to achieve motion. The inspiration for this design is borrowed from science classes in schools, using the mousetrap car. 

 

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Information

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4

< 140 x 140 mm

 A short piece of string and three small rubber bands 15 minutes

Spanner (SPN-TOL-0004)

Driver (SPN-TOL-0001)

 

Parts list

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Build plates

SPS 000001 assembly step0 stemfie.org build plates

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Downloads

The files for this and several other STEMFIE projects are available from the central web file repository. Also, if you prefer to have the files synchronized to your computer, consider subscribing to the STEMFIE cloud repositories. For instance, you can clone the STEMFIE GitHub File Repository to your local hard drive and get all updates when you synchronize. 

Assembly steps

SPS 000001 assembly step0 stemfie.org tools

SPS 000001 assembly step1 stemfie.org

SPS 000001 assembly step2 stemfie.org

SPS 000001 assembly step3 stemfie.org

SPS 000001 assembly step4 stemfie.org

SPS 000001 assembly step5 stemfie.org

SPS 000001 assembly step6 stemfie.org

SPS 000001 assembly step7 stemfie.org

SPS 000001 assembly step8 stemfie.org


Gallery

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