This wiki is based off our class project from unit 2 motion and forces. This is the Balloon Car Project. Through the building, rebuilding, and experimenting with different balloon cars, we developed the Super Wok, our final car. The following is an explanation of how it works and what it is composed of:
About the SUPER-WOK:
FEATURES-
1. Axels- skewers
2. Wheels- lids
3. Bottle caps- aling wheels
4. Bendy Straws- Block axel from touching the body
5. Engine- balloon
6. Body- styrofoam to-go food box
7. Exhaust pipe- straw
8. Power source- air
9. Very lightweight
10. VERY FAST!!
Balloon Car Movie
HOW IT WORKS:
There are 6 main components in our car as in many others, these are the engine, the wheels, axle, body, power source, and exhaust pipe. Each of these features detectable in our car were necessary in order to create some movement among it. Not only did these items allow the car to move, but it also worked so well that the SUPER WOK came in 2nd place among the whole class at a whopping time of 2.619 seconds. Since we could not use actual car parts to build the SUPER WOK, we had to substitute. The body itself is made of a styrofoam to-go box. This was convenient because it is both light and is mostly parallel against the ground so it would not slow down. As for the wheels, we used plastic lids which are not only light but also have a larger width for better balance and they produce enough friction between them and the ground. Though if not for the axle made of skewers that are in a straw, the wheels would not have even spun and even because they would be touching the body of the car. For the car to even run, we used two balloons, one inside the other, to compress more air out of a wide and big straw that is attached to the balloon by a rubber band. Having a very light weight car, using a bigger straw, putting one balloon inside another, and using plastic lids for wheels helped the travel much faster.
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