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1. What where interesting things that you found online? How might they shape your ideas? What design
While researching I found several interesting CO2 car designs online and I looked at examples of CO2 cars by students. The types of CO2...
2. What principals/measurements did you use when drawing your drafts? Describe, in detail how Newton
According to newton's law of motion, acceleration is dependent on the mass and force of the car. Since the force for all the cars would...
3. How did you improve on your thumbnails. Now that it is on a grid, do you notice a difference or i
After I made the thumbnail sketches and I had decided on one car that I would wish to build, I drew it out on the grid paper according to...
4. Based on your rough sketch, did you make any last tweaks? Why? Where all of your measurements acc
Overall I think my rough sketch was pretty well done even though I made a minor tweak. The minor change I made to the sketch was that I...
5. Explain the process of the rough cutting. Describe how close your rough cutting is to the drawing
In the rough cutting process we had to make use of hand saws in order to get the rough cuts of our car which is basically cutting off the...
6. Describe your process for shaping and sanding the car
For the shaping and sanding process of my car I made use of the belt sander available to us in the construction room. Basically, after i...
7. How did you paint your car? What did you use? What extra details did you put on your car (decals,
I painted my car using acrylic paint available to us in class. I made use of the black paint and painted my car a solid black. Then I...
8. Explain and describe the process involved with assembling your axles and bearings. Why do you sup
In order to assemble the wheels and axles to my dragster I was given a straw, 2 axles, 2 big wheels, 2 small wheel, 4 washers and 2 small...
9. Does everything fit? Do you have to modify any part of your car in order for the eye hooks to fas
This does not apply to us.
10. What were the last minute prep/changes that you had to make for your racer? (touch up paint, tap
Some last minute changes that I had to do to my car were, last minute touch up painting, sanding, and assembling the wheels. Because our...
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