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    Summary: To understand how mousetrap cars work you first need to understand the concept of mechanical advantage. There are 4 principles to win with a long distance car:
    And 4 principles for winning with a speed car:
    Finally, we visit the Science Olympiad to see these principles in action
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  • @danieljensen2626
    @danieljensen2626 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2791

    When we did this in highschool our speed/acceleration contest was only over a meter, so I just used the mouse trap to catapult my car over the finish line.

    • @kyleguajardo
      @kyleguajardo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +685

      Modern problems require ancient solutions

    • @a_stone
      @a_stone 4 ปีที่แล้ว +246

      *yeet*

    • @James-tv2bm
      @James-tv2bm 4 ปีที่แล้ว +86

      How’d that work for you

    • @danieljensen2626
      @danieljensen2626 4 ปีที่แล้ว +277

      @@James-tv2bm Great, I won easily. It was so fast you couldn't really hand time it properly. Of course it rarely landed on its wheels so it wasn't any good over a longer distance.

    • @fieldmarshal7298
      @fieldmarshal7298 4 ปีที่แล้ว +81

      That's actually smart

  • @Spock1777
    @Spock1777 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5081

    I wish Mark was my physics teacher...

    • @alexbaker9996
      @alexbaker9996 5 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      That would be amazing class would never be boring

    • @owenmarsh1985
      @owenmarsh1985 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      You and everyone else. Move to Denver Mark

    • @nataliaray7315
      @nataliaray7315 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I know!

    • @Wintercourse
      @Wintercourse 5 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      My Physic teachers failed me with a 59.6 in high school. I went after school everyday to work on crap because everything was group based. My friend didn't know anything, and stoner girl didn't show up. The workload was added on as the first group finished, so it was impossible to actually keep up. Two years after I graduate I found out he was sleeping with a sophomore girl and was caught and he fled the country....Yeah I wish this guy had been my Physics teacher.

    • @Wintercourse
      @Wintercourse 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@neb4587 I couldn't get full credit because I didn't have group members to finish their stuff. Yeah he was a creep.

  • @robertboyd2223
    @robertboyd2223 2 ปีที่แล้ว +707

    Can you imagine how lucky some future kid is gonna be to be able to call Mark Rober their physics teacher??

    • @bwbacthe2nd589
      @bwbacthe2nd589 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      omg now thats something mind blowing

    • @Rentaro_dev
      @Rentaro_dev 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      yes,I wish we could study again

    • @chriswilliamson806
      @chriswilliamson806 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Could you imagine the school board looking at what he would want to do? Lol

    • @robertboyd2223
      @robertboyd2223 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@chriswilliamson806 so today we’re gonna catapult an entire cafeteria

    • @andyrockism
      @andyrockism 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Well we can also call him our physics teacher too. Just for us he teaches us here on TH-cam as oppose to a classroom.

  • @josephdreamz
    @josephdreamz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +123

    It’s almost 2022 and I’m still enjoying this video, I mean the way Mark explains engineering is so amazing.

    • @DUDEFISH_
      @DUDEFISH_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      yes ikr he also inspired me to make a montage in my video

    • @Dragon-Slay3r
      @Dragon-Slay3r ปีที่แล้ว

      Welcome to Joseph's nightmare

    • @limeedhot
      @limeedhot ปีที่แล้ว

      It's almost 2023 and I'm still enjoying this video, I mean the way Mark explains engineering is so amazing.

    • @megagatlingpea2322
      @megagatlingpea2322 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      its already 2023 for me

    • @itzpogboy
      @itzpogboy 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hello its 2024 buddy wake u0

  • @itzsophxo8154
    @itzsophxo8154 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2085

    The way Mark explains physics is not only easier to understand than school ever taught me but he makes it so much more interesting

    • @JupiterKnight
      @JupiterKnight 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      chicken nuggets

    • @rockhopper6316
      @rockhopper6316 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Yes exactly

    • @wren7195
      @wren7195 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@rockhopper6316 What scares me is "go dominate the competition" means you won by like 1.5 mm

    • @LawrenceLS
      @LawrenceLS 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@JupiterKnight chicken numgies

    • @rockhopper6316
      @rockhopper6316 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@wren7195 yea lol

  • @jean-philipebouvier6932
    @jean-philipebouvier6932 4 ปีที่แล้ว +645

    - Dad, why is my sister called Rose?
    - Because your mother loves flowers.
    - Oh ok, thanks dad..
    - No problem, Mechanical Advantage.

    • @BlitzBodyBeats
      @BlitzBodyBeats 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      *D E L E T E T H I S C O M M E N T*

    • @WarmongerSlays
      @WarmongerSlays 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@BlitzBodyBeats Why

    • @TheDogBasti
      @TheDogBasti 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@WarmongerSlays some man want to watch the world burn

    • @croccroc4000
      @croccroc4000 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      No problem. *communism*

    • @order66pizzas
      @order66pizzas 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      EEE EEE no problem democracy

  • @_reddical_5813
    @_reddical_5813 2 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    in my 8th grade science class we are actually doing something where you can either build a lander or a rover, no electricity and stuff like that. I had the egg drop thing as an idea for a lander and this for a rover and I'm super excited to test both out and see which one is better.

  • @superblooperboss1638
    @superblooperboss1638 3 ปีที่แล้ว +72

    no one is talking about how mark was outside IN THE RAIN for a bit just so he can explain the topic he was on. I want him to be my teacher.

  • @PotatoJet
    @PotatoJet 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6436

    The internet needs more people like Mark Rober. TH-cam should give incentives for NASA employees to become creators.

    • @sunglassesdude4819
      @sunglassesdude4819 6 ปีที่แล้ว +122

      Potato Jet my science teacher is a scientist with the opportunity rover. Its cool because there is a club thing where we get to work with nasa with it. However that teacher isn’t very nice and I have been yelled at for doing what I was supposed to be doing a couple times. One specific instance of this was with force vectors. She asked the class how to do them without telling us first. I connected it to vectors which we saw in geometry but I was yelled at to stop doing geometry because this is science. She then explained how to do it and it was geometry... I wouldn’t like to see her on TH-cam tbh.

    • @pasghikhami1342
      @pasghikhami1342 6 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      NASA employees should stick to being important

    • @sunglassesdude4819
      @sunglassesdude4819 6 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      Pasgh ikhami getting to Mars is important but following your passion and having a life is also important

    • @goblingamer606
      @goblingamer606 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Has anyone ever tried using this same concept to propell something like a paper airplane? Doesnt necessarily need to be made out of paper because thats flimsy, but i think that would be a fun idea too

    • @jamesg265
      @jamesg265 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Not all NASA employees are like him they are mostly old

  • @twobladedswordsandmauls2120
    @twobladedswordsandmauls2120 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4801

    When mr. Rober is a physics teacher to almost 10 million people and doesn't realize it.

    • @sentientmouse5332
      @sentientmouse5332 4 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      On-Plot-Point physics, engineering, math, science, medical information, problem solving, and FUN!!!

    • @Ivara4226
      @Ivara4226 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@Shrin3Iroh 10.2 mil

    • @salteds0cks
      @salteds0cks 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @flowazx 10.3 mil

    • @adi-sngh
      @adi-sngh 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@salteds0cks 10.4 mil

    • @notoctoboy5703
      @notoctoboy5703 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      *don't

  • @LuckyBoi-vg3ch
    @LuckyBoi-vg3ch 3 ปีที่แล้ว +74

    The way he explained physics is so much better then the 9 years of science class I've taken

  • @luigio8484
    @luigio8484 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    this has sat in my brain for 3 years and has silently been supporting me through my physics classes. Thank you.

  • @jonathanhuang6156
    @jonathanhuang6156 4 ปีที่แล้ว +707

    1:36
    Mark: But I could lift 10lbs 50 times.
    *Uses a 12 pound weight*

    • @zestymushr00m85
      @zestymushr00m85 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Also said his car weighed 500 lbs soooooo

    • @zestymushr00m85
      @zestymushr00m85 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      YoYO Semite which is my point, the weight was also an example to keep math simple

    • @arzonfyre8421
      @arzonfyre8421 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@zestymushr00m85 it was only one corner of the car being lifted. Which he estimated at 500 pounds

    • @zestymushr00m85
      @zestymushr00m85 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Guys he was just giving an example🙃🙃 I’m agreeing with Jonathan Huang just using the car weight example

    • @GamingWO-
      @GamingWO- 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      YoYO Semite what, where’s the acceleration? You have distance.

  • @luxraylloyd7932
    @luxraylloyd7932 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2706

    I learned more in the first 5 minutes than a whole semester in high school

    • @ferretrevelvent6793
      @ferretrevelvent6793 3 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      Sad but tru

    • @marylawrence2218
      @marylawrence2218 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Maybe short term, but learning is (or should be) based on retained understanding and application.

    • @asbuilt0017
      @asbuilt0017 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Mary Lawrence yeah you are right but you can re watch the video

    • @avitus2
      @avitus2 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      I feel this. I just wish I had a physics teacher in high school that didn't play favorites to their special projects group (in this case, the solar bike team). If you were on the team, you got her complete attention, if you weren't then tough cookies read the book and too bad if you don't understand it from reading the chapter.

    • @luxraylloyd7932
      @luxraylloyd7932 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@avitus2 If you have a teacher that has favorites, that sucks.

  • @danielliang2946
    @danielliang2946 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Hey Mark! Nice Video.
    I wanted to point out that, at 2:03, mechanical advantage doesn't necessarily equal number of pulleys in all pulley systems. This is because fixed pulleys (pulleys which don't move while the load does) have a mechanical advantage of 1, while movable pulleys (pulleys which do move while the load does) have a mechanical advantage of 2. This is why, in your case, the pulley system had a mechanical advantage of 4: the specific arrangement and positioning of 2 movable and 2 fixed pulleys allowed the system to have a mechanical advantage of 4. However, it is important to note that this doesn't happen to all arrangements of 4 pulleys, as if you were to line up 4 fixed pulleys, you would still get an mechanical advantage of 1, not 4. Thus, you cannot say that mechanical advantage equals number of pulleys in all pulley systems. Instead, you could "split" up the tension along the ropes of a pulley through a diagram. Here's the procedure: you first can imagine that you are holding the end of whatever pulley system you are trying to solve with such a force such that the system is in static equilibrium. Next, you can split the tension caused by the force of the load among the ropes of the pulley system. The key to remember is that each unbroken piece of rope will have uniform tension along it. Finally, you keep splitting the tension all the way until you reach the rope which you are holding. The mechanical advantage of the pulley system will simply be the the load force divided by the effort force, which is simply equal to the tension in that rope you are holding, since the system is in static equilibrium. THAT is the correct way to solve for the mechanical advantage of a pulley system (sorry if I explained it badly).
    Additionally, I wanted to point out that, at 2:08, mechanical advantage of an inclined plane does not equal the ratio of the length to the height unless the inclined plane is just flat and not inclined, in which case I wouldn't really call it an "inclined" plane. But instead, mechanical advantage of an inclined plane is equal to the ratio of the hypotenuse to the height. This can be derived like this: the load force on the inclined plane is simply equal to its downward force caused by gravity, which is simple equal to f = ma = mg. We can split this force into its x- and y- components, which we can then deduce that the force of the load in the direction parallel to and going down the hypotenuse of the inclined plane is equal to mgsin(theta), in which theta is the angle of the elevation of the inclined plane. This means that, if we were to push the load up on the inclined plane with force mgsin(theta), then the system would achieve static equilibrium. In other words, the load would stay in place. Since we know that mechanical advantage is defined as the ratio of the output force to the input force, that would simply mean that the mechanical advantage of the inclined plane would be mg/mgsin(theta), as mg is the output force in this case and mgsin(theta) is the input force in this case. This simplifies to 1/sin(theta). This is simply equal to the ratio of the hypotenuse to the side opposite angle theta, which in this case is height. Thus, mechanical advantage of an inclined plane is equal to the ratio of the hypotenuse to the height.

    • @penflex8997
      @penflex8997 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I’m to lazy to read gib a summary

    • @FluffyDragonDrawing
      @FluffyDragonDrawing ปีที่แล้ว +3

      you are absolutley correct but remember mark is tying to simplify these things so people with zero knowledge can understad.
      he would have lost a LOT of people hadd he tried to explain all of that. hence why he ust suggests we do it ourselves

    • @penflex8997
      @penflex8997 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@FluffyDragonDrawing summary cool waited awhile

  • @kennethborden929
    @kennethborden929 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I never did this as a kid but being an auto mechanic now I got a huge kick out of this video! Made me think about the mathematics of transmissions and differential final drive ratios. Super fun keep up the great work!

  • @kinju6227
    @kinju6227 4 ปีที่แล้ว +732

    “Thank yo-“
    Niece: ** *Slaps Ice Cream* **
    “O WOAAH”

    • @Yehe13
      @Yehe13 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      so rude

    • @emmaly8993
      @emmaly8993 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Trenity R salty slap

    • @rapiintheskyy3585
      @rapiintheskyy3585 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      that was cringe

    • @Sillimant_
      @Sillimant_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@Yehe13 it was scripted, you can see they love him

    • @Sillimant_
      @Sillimant_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@rapiintheskyy3585 it was part of the joke, much like your continued existence

  • @fabianklevenz4800
    @fabianklevenz4800 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1812

    i was expecting a mouse trap that catches a mouse and drives away with it

  • @user-fp6fr5kj4x
    @user-fp6fr5kj4x 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I think I just found a lifetime hobby. Every science teacher I’ve ever had said I possess an extremely intuitive understanding of physics and this seems to be a perfect application of that. Just seeing this video makes my mind go crazy thinking of all the ways I could attempt to improve the design. I wonder if you could devise an equation that could predictably determine what the optimal ratio of mechanical advantage for a given car would be, accounting for factors like weight, wheel diameter, coefficient of friction on the wheels, axels, and every other moving part where friction is present. Obviously there’s a perfectly optimal car that could be made if you could fully understand all these factors and that’s what is most alluring to me.

  • @notsiddhi2820
    @notsiddhi2820 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    1:43
    my guy literally standing in the rain for science.... +1 respect

  • @ItsJayTho
    @ItsJayTho 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6149

    Press F to pay respects to icecream

    • @fluxsneaky6063
      @fluxsneaky6063 5 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      Jayden Games bruh im eating some rn 😂😂

    • @Naat.ee12
      @Naat.ee12 5 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      Uhhh, im on phone....
      🙄

    • @maazurrehman9998
      @maazurrehman9998 5 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      F

    • @520gamingandvlogs9
      @520gamingandvlogs9 5 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      F

    • @ItsJayTho
      @ItsJayTho 4 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      @@Naat.ee12 just press reply then SIMPLY press f :)

  • @ChaoticCrimsonX
    @ChaoticCrimsonX 3 ปีที่แล้ว +524

    Mark: "A little bit of water spills out every time"
    Also mark: *Purposely misses cup*

    • @prinzeszelda3650
      @prinzeszelda3650 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      He is Like realy Bad at pouring

    • @prinzeszelda3650
      @prinzeszelda3650 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @The Demon Under Your Bed • 3 years ago thx

    • @umbraltears3434
      @umbraltears3434 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      you should see liam thompson pour liquid

    • @manuelpatino5879
      @manuelpatino5879 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Mark: Talks like a smart person
      Me: I don't know what you're talking about, but it seems interesting

    • @richardlooch2109
      @richardlooch2109 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      the winning model is the one where the mousetrap lever activates a electric motor...

  • @EbenVisher
    @EbenVisher 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Wonderful! From your intro, I thought you were going to make your own design, better than any other. Even so, I enjoyed the lesson.

  • @ttimmythy
    @ttimmythy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I used this video back in seventh grade over the course of 4 weeks to build a fully optimized (realistically) car. Sadly the pandemic hit and I never got to see how far it went.

  • @Shrew-22O1
    @Shrew-22O1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +391

    Mark: “I want to be a physics teacher later on”
    Every subscribers: ^ *has been learning from him since the beginning* ^ 👀

    • @HighTiered
      @HighTiered 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Naruto X Hinata k

  • @kartikgohansiwach
    @kartikgohansiwach 4 ปีที่แล้ว +369

    If he was a teacher at my high school I would never leave the class

    • @MJaneth
      @MJaneth 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Or fail

    • @tychus7
      @tychus7 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@MJaneth no i would fail so i would have him again

    • @olerius1235
      @olerius1235 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Bruh so u skip wooowwwwww

    • @olerius1235
      @olerius1235 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@tychus7 that's not a good thing

    • @andycunningham1731
      @andycunningham1731 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ditto

  • @bonook8
    @bonook8 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I first did this project in 1987 during my student teaching in Industrial arts. We used two mouse traps which allowed options on how to best utilize them. I continued this project for the next 12 years as an engineering project in Drafting class. Best run was 437 feet in a 12 foot wide hallway so straight tracking was important. The best wheels were 33rpm vinyl record albums. I didn't invent this project and don't know it's origins.

  • @DarthBil1
    @DarthBil1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1505

    I laughed so hard when your niece knocked the ice-cream out of your hand.

    • @duckyfam9012
      @duckyfam9012 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      DarthBil1 IKR LOL

    • @Vic_Inso
      @Vic_Inso 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ows talaga ba?

    • @_Grimm333_
      @_Grimm333_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same

    • @gal3win213
      @gal3win213 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Vic_Inso filipino?

    • @lamp1739
      @lamp1739 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wait when?

  • @lavissebruh3144
    @lavissebruh3144 4 ปีที่แล้ว +825

    Breaking news:
    Worker in NASA go to school to totally annihilate kids in mousetrap car race

    • @MineShineMarshal
      @MineShineMarshal 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yuen Kik Li former

    • @chaosincarnate7304
      @chaosincarnate7304 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Correction: Former Worker at NASA went to a school to totally annihilate kids -in mousetrap car race-

    • @kirtan__
      @kirtan__ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      This was for the mousetrap vehicle event for Science Olympiad. Teams spend forever on designs so that’s why Mark did not show the design the team he was visiting was using. They were actually going to nationals and why would Mark leak a teams design if they’re going to Cornell.

    • @cogn0765
      @cogn0765 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      lol

  • @daneykev
    @daneykev 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    WOW so nicely done. Wish I had this when I was teaching mousetrap cars years ago.

  • @simplegunsmith
    @simplegunsmith ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I made a mousetrap car in 10th grade with a gearbox that made it run for over 30 seconds continuously, but the wheels spun on the tile floor it was tested on and barely went anywhere. Needless to say I didn't win but I've never seen anyone else make one like mine.

  • @bigandfluffy2000
    @bigandfluffy2000 6 ปีที่แล้ว +894

    i dont watch because its relevant, i watch because its entertaining...

  • @Mo-dp6rc
    @Mo-dp6rc 6 ปีที่แล้ว +360

    Hey! That's me at 12:50 ! Super cool to see a Science Olympiad event highlighted on your channel! It was great to meet you and talk about my car.

    • @nyensimpfenderfer4980
      @nyensimpfenderfer4980 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Seriously

    • @Yeujer
      @Yeujer 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      SCIOLY IS LIFE

    • @RSpudieD
      @RSpudieD 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sweet! Congratz!

    • @db_d.a.b651
      @db_d.a.b651 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      just finished my SCOILY event at 4:00

    • @waterlubber
      @waterlubber 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      >TFW States is already over
      I didn't work on my teams mousetrap. I did 3D print the bearing mounts though. I think it actually got first at states.

  • @HALO-nv1xv
    @HALO-nv1xv 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The fact that I saw this video when it came out and just today I was assigned to make a mousetrap car in my high school physics class.

    • @samuelgunter
      @samuelgunter 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same. This is the optional assignment this quarter that counts as a major grade and my teacher will give out a ton of bonus points for furthest travelled, nicest looking design, etc.

    • @HALO-nv1xv
      @HALO-nv1xv 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@samuelgunter Its not optional for me but im sure our assignments are very similar regarding the rules and such

  • @thomasfplm
    @thomasfplm 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    In a design class, we had to make a bridge using two pieces of ondulated paper (it had a standard size, but I don't remember anyone) and one roll of masking tape each team.
    It would be placed linking tow tables 0,5m apart and then we would place 1L bottles over it to see what design would hold more.
    Many bridges had problems with tortion, or with the paper bending, but my idea avoided those two problems and was able to hold all the bottles available (about 20 bottles) and we started adding other stuff.

  • @ldbeastmode0689
    @ldbeastmode0689 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1976

    Me: This is boring, I can’t wait till schools out
    *Schools out*
    Me:*watches educational videos for fun*

    • @DreidMusicalX
      @DreidMusicalX 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Learning is never over.

    • @OeshenNix
      @OeshenNix 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Hey thats me

    • @mamabear9467
      @mamabear9467 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Same bro I watch them all the time

    • @ndzd9941
      @ndzd9941 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      This is me I used to just binge watch every large educational channel, then I stopped and now I'm finally getting back into it

    • @ldw0696
      @ldw0696 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yea in quarantine I'm out of school but I wish I was in it

  • @Frank_142
    @Frank_142 4 ปีที่แล้ว +568

    If he was my physics teacher I would skip other classes to go to his class

  • @mdfyui8000
    @mdfyui8000 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This was a fun high school competition back in the day. I still keep my car as a momento as it's just such a satisfying design - the comp was a speed one and we took the win. The car we made was four wheel drive and light - the four wheel drive was chosen to maximise the traction availability along with tricks to manage traction and energy. We had hypothesised about friction and traction in class, none of us had real karting or racing experience at the time but this was certainly a time where it became apparent. The result was fast enough to be challenging to time.

  • @kjteitel
    @kjteitel 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great video, small thing, had this same mouse trap challenge in my junior year in high school physics class in 1989. It was a great learning experience! Don't remember who won, we had an incredible teacher, just like Mr. Karud. Big props to him for his dedication to his students!

    • @bonook8
      @bonook8 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You are correct. I taught Industrial arts and did this beginning in 1987. I did not come up with the idea and don't know it's origins but I do know it did not begin in 1991.

  • @theevauwu7853
    @theevauwu7853 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1044

    Lesson of the day: don't make a bet with mark

    • @lucron12
      @lucron12 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Yes that is so true

    • @lucron12
      @lucron12 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      You’re really correct

    • @lucron12
      @lucron12 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Im just doing this so it Will look like People comment

    • @lucron12
      @lucron12 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      : )

    • @lucron12
      @lucron12 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You welcome Eva Slyva

  • @amauryd
    @amauryd 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3492

    When you learn more in a 15min video then in 13 years school

    • @fezankhan536
      @fezankhan536 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      true

    • @ballistic3666
      @ballistic3666 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Exactly

    • @akefayamenay104
      @akefayamenay104 5 ปีที่แล้ว +75

      *than. Now you’ve got some grammar too 😜

    • @jococallos9361
      @jococallos9361 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      fck yeah

    • @myaopsahl999
      @myaopsahl999 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Happy birthday to you and I really want to play a game because I am BORED and I really want to play a game because I am BORED and I really want to play a game because I am BORED and I really want to play a game because I am BORED and I really want to play a game because I am BORED and I really want to play a game because I am BORED and I really want to play a game because I am BORED and I really want to play a game because I am BORED and I really want to play a game because I am BORED and I really want to play a game because I am BORED and I really want to play a game because I am BORED and I really want to play a game because I am BORED and I really want to play a game because I am BORED and I really want to play a game because I am BORED and I really want to play

  • @nika.5223
    @nika.5223 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is a fantastic video, but I will say that in 8th grade my best friend and I were tasked with building a mouse trap car that didn't use a pulley system as a sort of "bonus" project. We built a tiny car, launched it with the mousetrap, and won the competition for our class. It believe it went almost double the next best vehicle's distance, and I personally built the 2nd place car.

  • @TheKnockOffTRex
    @TheKnockOffTRex 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    0:31
    Mark: Wait wait wait, don't leave.
    Me: I wasn't going to-

  • @bumpusjones.1978
    @bumpusjones.1978 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    The ice cream cone slap was the funniest thing I’ve seen in awhile.

  • @lunaabney6312
    @lunaabney6312 5 ปีที่แล้ว +575

    you would be a GREAT science or tech ed teacher

  • @aarushprasad4493
    @aarushprasad4493 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    the longer lever arm also increased the amount of string pulled, and the smaller of the ratio of axle to wheel makes the rotations let the car go further

  • @oneproudchump8457
    @oneproudchump8457 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Hey Mark,
    Any chance you can make a video on your work bench. I think a lot of people and myself would be interested in it. It’d probably encourage people to recreate and experiment with their own science projects. Best-
    PS Phat Gus rules.

  • @FlorenzVillegas
    @FlorenzVillegas 3 ปีที่แล้ว +183

    Somebody: Creates a contest that's a thing just in the USA.
    USA: Yay, World Record!
    ;-)

    • @Sillimant_
      @Sillimant_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      It's like the miss universe thing, hardly any competition when it's just earth

    • @Jaybuyshoe
      @Jaybuyshoe 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Somebody: Creates a contest that's a thing just in the USA.
      USA: Yay, World Record!
      ;-)

    • @nathanielkidd2840
      @nathanielkidd2840 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah. The rest of the world just doesn’t show up to compete.

  • @rxq8289
    @rxq8289 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1067

    Nobody:
    Mark:
    Dang it I wanted to be a physics teacher but I ended up working at nasa

    • @blahnomnomnom
      @blahnomnomnom 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Lolol definitely

    • @finn596
      @finn596 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      Aw I wanted to be a millionare not a billionare

    • @Tyrantstorm
      @Tyrantstorm 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      @DrewZull Káędîij NASA* but yeah

    • @GrandpaPapi
      @GrandpaPapi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      YourDudeBk because it is really annoying to many people when someone corrects a small issue, ‘cause it makes them feel like they can’t make mistakes or else they get a red flag. i know many people who hate that.

    • @zane1623
      @zane1623 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@GrandpaPapi werent you the one that corrected first?
      and who called someone a nerd?

  • @malikthemadman
    @malikthemadman 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I remember doing something like this in school but with bottle cars and their were two types that worked really well because we were going off a ramp aiming to get in a bin, one that worked well was light weight and hand wings to glide in so used hardly any power, the other was heavy and basically dropped in like a rock so used more power (my group was the wings one), their was this one group that tried to just copy both designs and combine them together so the heavy thing combined with the wings, so theirs didn't work well because they tried to combine two completely different methods.

  • @Nintendofan295
    @Nintendofan295 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Love your videos and I am making a mouse trap car for mine and I decided to watch your video to get an idea of how to do it

  • @grimace5800
    @grimace5800 5 ปีที่แล้ว +581

    My friend built a mousetrap car and it exploded when he tested it in competition

    • @verendus7712
      @verendus7712 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      A.D.E 35 oh my hahahahaha

    • @wilag8er85
      @wilag8er85 5 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Wtf did he make it with?

    • @sashimi0003
      @sashimi0003 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      wilag8er I think he meant like the spring broke and destroyed the car

    • @mr.peanutharry7723
      @mr.peanutharry7723 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Your picture makes this comment better

    • @ratrat5072
      @ratrat5072 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      A.D.E 35 wow

  • @megamaz108
    @megamaz108 5 ปีที่แล้ว +186

    Can you believe I had to watch my favorite youtuber for homework on my Mouse trap car?? :O

  • @ZeroQuantum.
    @ZeroQuantum. 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Mark is better at teaching me this than school ever has

  • @LeFishee
    @LeFishee 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Mark Rober, im making it, the current best for my school is 33 feet, thanks mark, we will win

  • @ExperimentalFun
    @ExperimentalFun 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1630

    I wish we did something cool like this when I was in school... good job on the video! :)

    • @AzimuthSolutions
      @AzimuthSolutions 6 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      We didn't even have a science fair at my school.

    • @connermcgibbon6934
      @connermcgibbon6934 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I was supposed to do mouse trap cars but my school canceled it.

    • @victorcho1242
      @victorcho1242 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Experimental Fun I hate u

    • @ExperimentalFun
      @ExperimentalFun 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      why do you hate me?

    • @Rikardo35
      @Rikardo35 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Experimental Fun yep same

  • @nwiiho4215
    @nwiiho4215 3 ปีที่แล้ว +220

    Mark: Talks like a smart person
    Me: I don't know what you're talking about, but it seems interesting

  • @t-6273
    @t-6273 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    When I was in HS I built many of them. Our rules wouldn't allow for any modifications to the trap and had overall dimension regulations so it could only be so large. Mine would go the full length of the basketball gym at the school. Great memories. Cool video

  • @adissentingopinion848
    @adissentingopinion848 ปีที่แล้ว

    I remember making one in highschool when I had terrible time management. I had to reach a certain distance, and all I had was cardboard and 6 hours the day before it was due. I used a thread spool as a front wheel, comically large lever arm, and the largest circle I could cut out in the back. The thing went 5x the distance of almost everyone else, only being beaten out by the super low friction speedster of my buddy. It's a cherished memory of mine.

  • @Hubbmade
    @Hubbmade 6 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    13:30 this is how happy I imagine Mark is *ALL THE TIME* when he's learning, making, and teaching! Keep up the great work!

    • @jimmesc
      @jimmesc 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hub Han
      Great minds think alike.
      I saw that and thought the very same thing as you did.
      I wish I had as great a mind as Mark.

  • @d1rtworm
    @d1rtworm 3 ปีที่แล้ว +105

    I'm never going to let Mark pour me a glass of tea.

    • @goldenmichael9981
      @goldenmichael9981 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      A robot to support robot to give you the part that will attach to a robot that will pour you a tea

  • @kyvehvolvadan5260
    @kyvehvolvadan5260 3 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    If this is an optimization problem, could you use calculus to find the ideal ratios to reach a certain distance?

    • @connis2299
      @connis2299 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It would be difficult since you don't know the exact parameters at play
      There are several methods to optimize based on limited data and they mostly come down to "smart efficient ways to interpolate between samples then optimizing this interpolated model"

  • @refundy5873
    @refundy5873 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The satisfaction you get when you learn about the stuff he’s talking about

  • @kosmosan12
    @kosmosan12 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    This video is a tutorial for almost all kind of rolling. I mean, it explains drag racing cars tweaks, bicycle gears/wheelsize, etc.
    Love the video, thx

  • @Dumbassfish63
    @Dumbassfish63 5 ปีที่แล้ว +745

    Just get an electric mousetrap and use it as a motor
    *modern problems require modern solutions*

    • @jdwolf55
      @jdwolf55 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I love this comment

    • @vye6737
      @vye6737 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      in the case of science Olympiad at least, you're not allowed to use electronic devices

    • @tacosauce6268
      @tacosauce6268 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      *outstanding move*

    • @Doughy3205
      @Doughy3205 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Satria Sutena haha

    • @magicl3o
      @magicl3o 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Solar panel 😂

  • @intheovaloffice
    @intheovaloffice ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Explained mechanical advantage in five minutes with twenty or so examples better than my physics teacher did for a whole school year . . .

    • @romanski5811
      @romanski5811 ปีที่แล้ว

      Seems like you have some animosity toward your teacher. Stop intentionally disrupting his class and not listening.

  • @harrystoyadventures817
    @harrystoyadventures817 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love watching you because you teach me things without making it boring

  • @gdal6961
    @gdal6961 5 ปีที่แล้ว +166

    He deserves more. He literally travels soo far for just a video!😸

    • @drmg735
      @drmg735 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      no crap he deserves more

    • @camopug
      @camopug 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yep.

    • @ansonpoon4814
      @ansonpoon4814 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hmmmm, you heard of Nick Robinson?

    • @whitemingo8152
      @whitemingo8152 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes

    • @kiranayuri570
      @kiranayuri570 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He also takes like months sometimes

  • @tetardfoo8863
    @tetardfoo8863 4 ปีที่แล้ว +337

    "I can lift 10 pounds 50 times" *has a 12 pound weight*

  • @jessmarsuen2784
    @jessmarsuen2784 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I have no idea what he’s talking about but I just listen

  • @AbasnailPlayz
    @AbasnailPlayz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    We were assigned to watch this in our science class today
    Amazing decision

  • @ralph7349
    @ralph7349 6 ปีที่แล้ว +85

    i just love how she punches the icecream out of marks hand

  • @wink9114
    @wink9114 6 ปีที่แล้ว +165

    al is my current physics teacher, ama.

    • @angiebeattie4113
      @angiebeattie4113 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      What is your favorite demo so far

    • @wink9114
      @wink9114 6 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      thanks for the heart mark, now i'm finally famous.
      angie - probably the one where he blew up the ceiling with a bottle. that one was pretty neat. cos he blew stuff up. with a bottle.
      will - because i have the mind of a third grader

    • @zAznInVaznz
      @zAznInVaznz 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      best teacher ever or what???

    • @perluc_
      @perluc_ 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Did you ever get the „Hammertreatment“?

    • @MrDabien
      @MrDabien 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      do you like bread?

  • @TheRiehlThing42
    @TheRiehlThing42 ปีที่แล้ว

    We did this in 8th grade. We had two days to try it on. First day, I used Tinker Toy wheels. I only had tape to hold everything together, and my first attempt, the wheels spun and didn't go far. Tried again first day, my car broke, and pieces flew forward about 3 feet. I went home that night, and changed wheels to records, and found glue and more tape, and used Tinker Toy sticks to increase the length of the arm for the pull. Had built it all on my own, since my parents were divorced, and was at my mom's, and she worked graveyard and was sleeping while I was working on it. To get an A, had to get it to go further than 12 feet. Second day, my remodeled car made it 21 feet. The kid that one, he had laser discs he used, ball bearings, he had gone all out. This was in the early 90s. Was a lot of fun.
    You mentioned the straw bridge, my friend and I won our science fair competition in 8th grade. Another teacher entered, and accused us of cheating. My friend and I planned out our design, using triangles, and we were given one box of straws to use, and couldn't use more. We found we had used half the amount of straws we had available. I wasn't ready to go home, and just out of boredom, my friend folded a straw, and inserted it into another straw. I saw him do that, "hey, hold on!" And he paused, looked, and then he realized what I had just realized. We took apart our bridge, and folded half of our straws in half length wise, and inserted them into the other straws. We then rebuilt our bridge completely using these new combined strength straws. The teacher that competed against us, said we used straws that weren't provided by the science teacher. We showed the science teacher what we did, and he could count every straw if he wanted to, we did not exceed the amount. Our bridge won first place easily.

  • @dontavious3772
    @dontavious3772 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you for the video Mark Rober, I'm doing mouse trap racers for an engineering unit!

  • @liamlabelle8653
    @liamlabelle8653 3 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    I remember building one of these in my 8th-grade science class. Once I finished the project, and presented it at school, my father attached Estes Model Rocket Engines to the car.

    • @J0.n.
      @J0.n. 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Please tell what supplies you got for the car need help for my science project

  • @Kevin-rc5ec
    @Kevin-rc5ec 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The street fighter transition at 4:27 is amazing.
    Thank you for putting in that extra effort into your videos!

  • @Ha1ivan
    @Ha1ivan 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I think he would is a really cool, chill, inspirational, and wholesome teacher in my opinion. 10/10

  • @Chandrius4263
    @Chandrius4263 ปีที่แล้ว

    Bro's filming in rain.. And I didn't notice the first time.. That is dedication! Keep the lessons going! I love your videos!!

  • @silverturtle0213
    @silverturtle0213 6 ปีที่แล้ว +246

    All I said was "new Mark Rober video" and the 5 yr old and 9 yr old came a-runnin' :) We love science in this house.

    • @reicintron
      @reicintron 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      UgniusKas ja 💀

    • @silverturtle0213
      @silverturtle0213 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      UgniusKas yes, I was a physics major for 2 years so i can clarify but I'm not great at getting them excited. They somewhat get it but Mark is very entertaining too.

    • @davantebaptiste5038
      @davantebaptiste5038 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nice wip

    • @davantebaptiste5038
      @davantebaptiste5038 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Mr. mouse is getting all the honeys in his car

    • @davantebaptiste5038
      @davantebaptiste5038 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Do your thing Mr. mouse

  • @parklloyd6690
    @parklloyd6690 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Holy cow! Thank you for another amazing video. I have two sons studying engineering at Utah State and we all love your videos. We're going to have to have a family mousetrap car competition. and then AFTER that, I'll show them the video. Keep up the great work.

  • @Mem3Daddy
    @Mem3Daddy ปีที่แล้ว

    i just lovw how mark just continued to explain physics in the rain

  • @ChachoGSX
    @ChachoGSX 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I made one with 2 mouse traps in series with the string attached to a 2 sided fishing hook so it could be tranferred to the second bar. It was a cool idea and worked but not as well as the long armed ones.

  • @thecringygamer_4656
    @thecringygamer_4656 4 ปีที่แล้ว +922

    Jokes on you, I'm part of the 3.3% of people who have a school project on this

    • @lyhi2951
      @lyhi2951 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Oh lord tachanka, we are not worthy for your existence

    • @blade_w1nn1ng21
      @blade_w1nn1ng21 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lucky

    • @adiljaved1330
      @adiljaved1330 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      TheCringyGamer _
      0.3%*
      he said 99.7%

    • @zanefuehrer962
      @zanefuehrer962 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same

    • @shrimp9760
      @shrimp9760 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      He said 99.7% of people don't do this in their lifetime, so 0.3% of people do this in their lifetime.

  • @jasonbaker541
    @jasonbaker541 6 ปีที่แล้ว +145

    I love what you do and patiently wait for each video.Thank you for making me and my family smarter and more interested in science.

  • @tomtrinchera8405
    @tomtrinchera8405 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Built a pinewood derby car a long time ago and my dad gave me some of the graphite he had -- those wheels had NO resistance, nice advantage!

  • @q.72
    @q.72 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    So pretty much the tortoise & hare explained through mechanics. Noice

  • @sev1011
    @sev1011 3 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    I remember building mine out of legos. It impressed my Physics Teacher so much that he asked if he could take pictures of it to use for future examples.
    I hated him as a person, but I respect him as a teacher.

    • @playitcoolman7820
      @playitcoolman7820 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Wow.

    • @edmund8954
      @edmund8954 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Impressive.

    • @KmChx_MX
      @KmChx_MX 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Well that took an unexpected turn at the end, dang 😂😂

  • @hayleygrimes8804
    @hayleygrimes8804 4 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    Mark: Talking about Mechanical advantages
    Weather: RAIN!
    Mark: Keeps talking!

  • @maxfreeman484
    @maxfreeman484 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I learned more in one video that I would learn in one school year.

  • @brotemca8020
    @brotemca8020 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Mark just fanboying is so pure

  • @mattfromwiisports2293
    @mattfromwiisports2293 4 ปีที่แล้ว +107

    Can we get a R.I.P in the chat for Mark's ice cream

  • @lettuce7378
    @lettuce7378 4 ปีที่แล้ว +109

    "I could move the earth if I had a lever strong and long enough" -Archimedes (supposedly)

    • @aidanbeattie8341
      @aidanbeattie8341 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      That lever would have to be 3 light-years long but yeah

    • @lettuce7378
      @lettuce7378 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@aidanbeattie8341 lol yea

    • @ashishere771
      @ashishere771 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@aidanbeattie8341 well better get building

    • @mrugankthatte4378
      @mrugankthatte4378 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      And a place to stand*

    • @lettuce7378
      @lettuce7378 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mrugankthatte4378 yes

  • @chelseynegron
    @chelseynegron 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Such a fun idea for a snow day craft with my science-obsessed kiddo :D

  • @TiredCarrot
    @TiredCarrot ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This just makes me feel like I’m learning something from science Olympiad

  • @JohnMadeit
    @JohnMadeit 6 ปีที่แล้ว +191

    i actually lol when the girl slapped the ice cream out of marks hand

    • @Chago1997
      @Chago1997 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      John Made it same

    • @TrevorRS05
      @TrevorRS05 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lol

    • @billybob9658
      @billybob9658 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Meg from family guy

    • @coragon42
      @coragon42 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Joseph Park Thanks for the karma

    • @Anonymous-rx8gp
      @Anonymous-rx8gp 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Mark deserved it. Karma🤣🤣

  • @pauljs75
    @pauljs75 6 ปีที่แล้ว +130

    Was in a high school class that did this in the 1990's. The teacher had two criteria, first to 10' and longest distance traveled. So I had a car with a conical spool on the drive axle, which helps with both good starting acceleration and changing the drive ratio to stretch out the range. So I thought I was clever in trying to score well on both criteria.
    Turns out I wasn't clever enough...
    Some other kid in the class found a loophole. At the time the contest didn't stipulate that the mousetrap had to be part of the car, nor did it specify that the car must stay on the ground. So he had one of those Micro Machines toy cars and used the mousetrap to catapult it down the hallway. It flew about half the distance before bouncing off some lockers and skidding to the end of the hall. Thus insta-winning both categories, even if it wasn't in a way that was the intended nature of the contest.
    The teacher allowed that because he considered it fair given the provided rules, but changed the rules for the next class that did this project so no easy cheats could happen.
    I can only laugh about it though, since I was on friendly terms with the kid that beat my design. Nobody was allowed to copy each other, so I was wondering what strategy he had that would beat mine and I thought he was joking about it. (He wasn't wrong.)
    So what about my car? It ended up 4th in distance and 2nd on speed. Didn't have access to fancy bearings like others did for the distance, and only got the speed because everyone else trying for it spun their tires on the polished floor. However it did get awarded the most interesting design for having a novel approach compared to others. Everyone else thought the overall win strategy was too cheesy too.

    • @kadenfurr9699
      @kadenfurr9699 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I wish my school did things like this

    • @cobbiliu6222
      @cobbiliu6222 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      absolute GENIUS

    • @cobbiliu6222
      @cobbiliu6222 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      same

    • @global_abc6773
      @global_abc6773 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Kaden Furr I did this in 7th grade

    • @mrmanisaboy9037
      @mrmanisaboy9037 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      I tried to do that loophole because my teacher had only listed that the rules were the mousetrap car was solely powered by a moustrap. He was mean and changed the rules for this 2 days before the project was due.

  • @user-sq3bd6jm8g
    @user-sq3bd6jm8g 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    진짜 이유투버는 내가믿고 구독하고 보는 유튜버다🎉항상 재미있게 과학을 설명해주셔서감사합니다❤

  • @petitloup5059
    @petitloup5059 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    your has a bigger wheel, so a bigger scirconference, so just spin faster if the rotation force is aplied to the center of it
    and the theet are for more friction