How to Create a Rocket Powered Hotwheel

This tutorial will clearly explain how to create a rocket powered hotwheel, as well as the track required for it to run on. Within this project, it is important to determine the car's velocity and acceleration when letting it run on  a track with a designated distance. If all of the instructions are properly followed, the result will be very exciting, as well as a good learning experience.

Step 1 Materials

The materials that you require for this project is...

A toy car (i,.e. Hotwheels, Matchbox)
Rocket engine, igniter
12 gauge wire
Hot Glue
Hollow pen tubes
hot glue gun and glue,
zip ties tape
16 ft 2x4 piece of wood
2 metal L brackets with holes (drilled)
12v battery
Vernier Photogates with a Computer

 

Comments

[FrozenIce]

what egsactly is the straw for????

[Legoman200119]

so that you can attach a string to keep it going straight
Lego

[FrozenIce]

aaaaaaaa ok