Easy Rubber Band Car Instructions

It s a thicker cardboard and will definitely hold up better.

Easy rubber band car instructions.

2 straws this will be the frame of the car. I have also used a paper clip. 4 toothpicks or wooden skewers. Building this car is a great engineering project that demonstrates the power of potential and kinetic energy.

While you can certainly use a paper towel tube for your car i chose a sturdier tube that came from a box of aluminum foil. The rubber band unwinds to regain its former configuration spinning the axle and propelling the car forward in the process. Here are the items needed for your diy race car and the step by step directions for making a diy rubber band racer. This is an easy to make rubberband car using a paper towel tube for the body.

Hence the more the winds of the rubber band the faster and longer your drive. On twisting the rubber band around the axle you are storing potential energy in it that gets transformed into kinetic energy when you let it go. I ve made these cars with groups of kids at library programs several times and it s always lots of fun. This rubber band powered lego car will zoom across the floor for 20 feet or more.

You ll need a paper towel tube two old cds a couple of pencils o. Finally run a chain of rubber bands from one end of the cardboard tube to the other and secure it with a paper clip. Next wrap 2 rubber bands around each cd to make an x shape and attach the cds to the car by sliding the wooden spools onto the dowels. This rubber band car tutorial comes right out of the pages of one of my new books rubber band mania.

How to make a simple car with rubber band.