Hotwheels Rocket Car

A hotwheels car with a C rocket engine strapped to it. It ran along a guide line. Here's how our trials and errors eventually granted results. We are tying to measure acceleration, velocity and speed of these cars.

Step 1 Materials

A toy car (i,.e. Hotwheels, Matchbox), model rocket engine and igniters, pen tube or straw, hot glue gun and glue, zip ties, tape, 16 ft 2x4 piece of wood, 2 metal L brackets with holes drilled through, binder clips, a 12v battery and 10gauge wire . As well as screws and something to screw them in. 5 vernier photogates as well as a computer.