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Arrow Re: Weight powered car

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Originally Posted by modest View Post
...I'm actually surprised the instructions explicitly say that it should coast when the weight is completely fallen considering the best performing vehicles will never go fast enough to coast. ...
That is a little puzzling. I imagine this is some sort of "stock" project contained in a science curriculum, (who writes this stuff!!!??? ) but when the projects come up here at Hypog the students need something "cheap & fast" and go all white rabbit on us with no time to fill us in.


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Originally Posted by Modelest
Uh... what else... balsa or bass wood. 3 wheels are better than 4. There only needs to be 3 legs holding up the pulley which holds the wight (think of a Naive American teepee with only 3 poles).

Anyone up for an Hypography build off

~modest
Ready for a Hypog design off anyway. So, why do you say 3 wheels better than 4? over....


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