Fast Food Chain Components Rubber Band Powered Car
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 มิ.ย. 2024
- I am often asked "What can I use instead of CDs for wheels" or "What can I use for the chassis" or "What can I use instead of Hot Glue". This car is made from components from a popular Fast Food Chain.
It surprised me how well it performed, covering the 5 metres length of my kitchen easily. There was a big difference in how well it went related to how I wound up the rubber band. It performed best if I carefully spread the band on the axle rather than let it bunch up in the centre.
Main Components
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1 Fast Food Chain Large Cardboard Cup
4 Fast Food Chain plastic lids
2 Fast Food Chain Drinking straws
2 barbecue skewers
BluTack
Rubber bands
Some people are not familiar with Blu-Tack so here is a Wikipedia link en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blu-Tack
Main Tools
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Scissors
Pencil
Hole Punch
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Just had a new comment on this old video so I am going through the old comments to see which ones I missed. Hope you had a good Christmas and have a Happy New Year 🎁🎅🎄⛄✨🌟
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What did you do to the rubber band to make the car move? At 7:05 sorry im new to this
Just had a new comment on this old video so I am going through the old comments to see which ones I missed. I guess it is way too late to help you now. Sorry I missed it. Hope you had a good Christmas and have a Happy New Year 🎁🎅🎄⛄✨🌟
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Just had a new comment on this old video so I am going through the old comments to see which ones I missed. I guess it is way too late to thank you now. Sorry I missed it. Hope you had a good Christmas and have a Happy New Year 🎁🎅🎄⛄✨🌟
super idea
Hi Roshan, to be honest I do not like this one, it is really difficult to get it to go well. I only made it to answer questions I had been asked.
+Mariabeauty257 have you watched the video? Yes it runs fine, I get it to run the 5 metre length of my kitchen easily, but as far as I am concerned I have lots of easier rubber band powered cars on my channel. If you are not restricted to using the materials this car is made from then you can make much better cars.
+Mariabeauty257 have you watched the video? Yes it runs fine, I get it to run the 5 metre length of my kitchen easily, but as far as I am concerned I have lots of easier rubber band powered cars on my channel. If you are not restricted to using the materials this car is made from then you can make much better cars. There are helpful links in the video description.
***** yes, like I said read the video description for more information and guidance, there is even a link to my Rubber Band Powered Cars playlist that currently has 160 cars in it.
Why did you use blue tack?? Blue tack is using for air seal and water proofing right??
I am regularly asked "what can I use instead of Hot Glue" so I demonstrated making a car with something else. BluTack is a re-usable adhesive (that is what is say on the package). It is often used for sticking pictures to the wall in schools and offices. The advantage is that you can pull it off again and re-use it over and over again. It does not set hard or dry out, it stays mouldable and retains its stickiness and does not damage most surfaces it is applied to. (It can leave a stain on some surfaces).
Can you make a cardboard car that goes down a ramp up to 6 meters without rubber band or anything that moves except the ramp for speed to go down
+Vaeger Gaming* just take the rubber band off any of my existing rubber band powered cars. At the moment there are only 183 designs to choose from in my Rubber Band Powered car playlist and probably most of them are cardboard. The link is in the video description.
Can you please show us how the rubber band moves the car?
Heidi Del Rosario at about 06:20 I cut the middle section from the straw that holds the back axle. The rubber band is connected to the front of the cup and passed through to the back of the cup where you wrap it round the back axle until the rubber band is tight. When you release the car, the rubber band spins the axle driving the car forward. It is the same principle as all my other rubber band powered cars. There are well over 100 different cars in my Rubber Band Power playlist here th-cam.com/play/PLA5a2xPRSrB1otXh0w36OwsYIHZznUWp6.html
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I am glad it helped :)
He doesn't show a crucial piece. You need to hot glue a tiny piece of skewer, just a centimeter or so long, perpendicular to the skewer that the rubber band is supposed to wind around. Hook the rubber band on to that little piece and turn wheels to wind.
You are probably right, 😁😁👍👍 however, if you check the video description, you will find I dedicated a video to that subject. To be honest, most of the time I do not add any sort of hook to the axle. I prefer to wrap the band over itself and that holds it in place fine. I also have a separate channel where I put all my rubber band related videos now -
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what can i use besides blue tac
Carly, hot glue is my favourite choice. Modelling clay might work. If you make the holes through the cup a tight fit for the drinking straws they might be okay with no glue or a bit of sticky tape. Sticky tape might work on the wheels too but it may take some practice to get it right. If you put cardboard disks each side of the wheels to thicken them you might be able to use PVA glue but it takes a long time to dry properly.
what zize of rubberband do you need
+Rinas Mrasoraj I have no idea. I just use any rubber bands I can find and link them together to get the right length for the car.
Thank you
What the glue thing ? blue what ?
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How do you get it to move after you're done?
+Cicely Davis did you watch the video? You stretch the rubber band and wrap it round the axle. When you release the car the rubber band spins the axle and the car goes forward.
Can you try to build A car that has 2 wheels please?
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i made this car, and it doesnt move, what should i do
everything was the same, but i used a small cup, because we could only use 1 size 64 rubber band, and then it didnt stand up so i doubled up on lids
HELP!!!! its due tomorrow
Reply please ·
my teacher has also told me that using the lids are a problem because they dont have good traction
i need help quick pleaseeeeeee
+Emma Ramirez there are some many possible reasons for it not to move I will paste my VERY long standard reply to one of your other comments. Here are some short tips.
If the wheels are spinning but the car does not move then as your teacher says, there is a lack of grip. You could reduce the power by using a thinner rubber band or maybe cutting your #64 band down the middle to reduce it's strength.
If you are not restricted to using components from fast food containers then make larger wheels from cardboard because larger wheels will handle the power better.
To increase the grip you could add weight to the car. Either add modelling clay or something similar to the cup or to the wheels.
Normally I would suggest adding strips of rubber to the wheels to act as tyres but you may not be allowed to do that. You could cut strips from balloons to go around the rims of the cup.
+Emma Ramirez Fault Finding on a Rubber Band Powered Car
1. The rubber band does not connect to the front axle, some people misunderstand the videos and attach the rubber band to the front axle as a convenient anchor. That stops the axle turning. Make a different anchor point, study the video again.
2. Does the car run forwards freely if you just push it without the rubber band connected?
If it does not, make sure that the axles are free where they pass through the body. You may need to enlarge the holes where the axle goes through the body or use larger tubes for the axles to go through.
Are your wheels round with no flat spots. You may need to trim them.
3. Do the wheels rub against the body of the car?
If they do, the friction will slow the car or even stop it moving.
Put some spacers on the axle between the wheels and the body to keep the wheels clear. Discs or washers cut from plastic or cardboard should work.
4. Do the wheels spin evenly when you watch them?
If your axles do not pass through the centres of the wheels, the wheels will not spin evenly and this makes it harder for the car to run, so you will need to make new axle holes, taking more care finding the exact centre.
6. When you wind the rubber band round the axle do the wheels turn at the same time or are they slipping on the axle?
If the wheels are slipping on the axle, the rubber band will unwind without the wheels turning on the ground. You need to do something to stop them slipping. Glue them to the axle or wrap tape round the axle where the wheels are to hold them in place.
7. When you release the car it does not move, but if you lift it in the air, the rubber band unwinds and the wheels spin OK.
Either the ground is too rough or the car is too heavy. Try the car on a smooth surface, make the car lighter, add more rubber bands.
7. Wheel spin. When you release the car, do the wheels spin without the car moving forward?
You do not have enough grip on your wheels. Either add some weight to the car to help the grip or put something on the wheels to improve the grip.
Things that will improve grip - hot glue all the way around the rim like a tyre. Rubber bands stretched across the wheel. A strip of rubber cut from a balloon stretched around the edge of the wheel. Strip of rubber cut from washing up gloves or disposable rubber gloves.
8. Trouble connecting the rubber band to the back axle? Glue a short stick to the axle to act as a hook for connecting the rubber band.
We are trying to construct a rubber powered car that can go as "far" as possible. It doesn't have to be fast. It just has to travel as far as possible and as "straight" as possible. Can you please recommend me a design? Or at least give me a general idea of what critical points I should be aware of while designing my car?
This is a fairly regular question.
I am assuming you have some set criteria for number of rubber bands and size of vehicle so putting those aside. The first point about travelling fast or a long distance is minimising your friction because that is what wastes your power.
1. Friction caused by badly aligned wheels rubbing on the bodywork should be easy to fix by adding spacers to keep the wheels clear.
2. Friction where the axle is attached to the bodywork is reduced by making sure the axle bearing surfaces are something that does not bind together. Wood and cardboard are not good. Metal surfaces are better. Steel and brass is good. Ball race bearings would be even better. Whatever you have, even if it is just wood and cardboard, you can improve by making sure there is clearance so they do not jam together and maybe rub some graphite from a pencil where they make contact might help.
3. Friction with the wheels to the ground can be a mixed blessing. Minimise the friction of the front wheels by using very thin wheels, however you may need some grip to ensure they keep the car going straight. The same applies to the back wheels, assuming you are using the back wheels as the drive wheels. However if they do not have enough grip they will spin under power and that is all wasted energy. Thin wheels with rubber tyres would be best in that case.
Larger wheels take more effort to get them turning but once moving they have the momentum to keep rolling when the rubber bands have finished. You could experiment with different sizes to see which work best.
You could use some sort of gearing to start with a large gear to get the wheel moving and then a smaller gear to maintain the motion. There are some examples in my playlists.
Reducing unnecessary weight by trimming the bodywork a little may help but make sure you don't loose grip and start the wheels spinning if the body is too light. It may bend or break under tension so be careful.
Another trick I have found helps is to stretch the rubber band as you wind it round the axle so you get more turns round the axle, this can make a significant difference compared to just winding the band normally.
If you can only use a short rubber band, connect it to the axle using thin string so the string winds round the axle stretching the rubber band. Thin string will give you more turns round the axle than thick string.
This simple one does 12 metres th-cam.com/video/pIO3FiHX4Oc/w-d-xo.html with just 1 size 64 rubber band.
There are several reasons the car might turn to the right - or left - here are some I can think of.
1. Your front axle is not parallel to your back axle so the car has an inbuilt turn. A quick check would be simply to push the car forwards without the bands connected and see if it turns.
2. When you tension the rubber band the body or the axle is flexing creating a turn. Try winding the band to one side of the axle. Looking from the back if you wind it on the right it pulls the right side of the axle forward turning the car right. If you wind it on the left it pulls the left side of the axle forward and the car goes left.
3. Probably most likely, the wheels are spinning under power allowing the back of the car to slide to one side. Fix this by adding extra grip to the wheels such as a strip cut from a balloon or rubber gloves stretched around the rim of the wheel to provide a rubber tyre. Here is a link that shows this th-cam.com/video/ZnuPnveCbxs/w-d-xo.html
4. The front wheels are sliding sideways under power, fix this the same as '3' above.
5. One or more of your wheels are binding on the side of the car causing it to turn.
6. One or more of your wheels are not round and the unevenness is causing the car to skip and turn.
7. Your wheels are not the same size so the car turns towards the smallest wheel.
8. Your axles are not level with the ground and the car is running on only 2 or 3 wheels. This may be the body flexing and not show until the rubber bands are wound up and under tension.
The two most important factors for acceleration and speed over a short distance are the power of your motor and the grip of your wheels. If you don't have the power then your car will not move fast but if your wheels don't grip then any extra power will just spin the wheels and the car won't move. If you have a fixed amount of power by being limited to the number and size of bands you can use then you can increase your acceleration by enlarging your back axle. I wrap stuff around the axle to make it thicker. That will increase the acceleration but probably reduce the total distance your car will travel. If you are only going a short distance that probably won't matter. You can also use smaller wheels to increase acceleration but you will find it even harder to get good grip with smaller wheels.
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Rubber Band Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber_band
Size 64 rubber band measure 3 1/2"x 1/4"x 1/32" or 89mm x 6mm
HelpFiles playlist. Many of the videos are related to Rubber Band Powered Cars
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+GrandadIsAnOldMan thank you very much, this really helped, btw i used supplies from dairy queen, could that have any effect on it???
there chop sticks!
+Michele Stone not sure what you are saying. Yes you could use chopsticks for the axles if you want. I am not sure if the fast food restaurant I went to here stocks chopsticks but that would be a good substitute for the bbq skewers I used and would be in keeping with making the car entirely from fast food restaurant components. I do know some restaurants use bbq skewers or kebab sticks.
lets see yes they come with fast food like a resonant in my town
Michele Stone I see, they are not so popular here in the UK