Rubber Band Powered Lego Car Instructions

Put the rubber band around the rod and connect the connectors at the ends of the rod.

Rubber band powered lego car instructions.

This month we were invited to participate in a storybook stem challenge series. Building this car is a great engineering project that demonstrates the power of potential and kinetic energy. Lego also manufactures pieces like steering wheels seats windshields and car doors that you may enjoy adding to enhance your car s details. Aiden has broken the wheels off of the car several times and i ve had to reglue them.

Wrap the rubber band around the rear axle. We used a craft stick for this. Then take the grey single connectors and connect them on the grey rod on the side of it closer to the rear axle but right against the dark grey connectors so the yellow rod is held in place. An idea i had one snow day when i was boredok how to work ithook rubberband to the yellow piece that is on the end of the driveshaft not the axelnext hook it to the blue piece near the front pull back to wind and let go when ready no rubberband s.

For a very basic lego car you will need a minimum of 4 tires of the same size 2 axles of the same size and at least one long lego piece to connect them. The wheels skid the motor makes terrible noises and the front end of the car lifts off the ground. The car works just fine on level ground but it just can t seem to climb those hills. Jack thinks the car needs to be heavier.

Construct a lego catapult this is so much fun to build. Jill thinks the gears are all wrong for going up hills. I cut a slit in the top of the. Kids will have fun designing and building it and then winding it up and letting it go.

How can you make a power car that climbs hills. The title is self explanatory feel free to copy this emoji. Add some learning by measuring how far it shoots. We needed two attach the rubber band to a fixed position at the front of the car.

Although i had initially thought that i needed to choose a book specifically about stem i realized any book provides the same kind of opportunity for learning including our beginner batman book collection. Then snap them onto the middle of the two grey rods not the axles. Build a rubber band powered lego car learn about potential and kinetic energy with this zippy little car that zooms across the floor under the power of a rubber band. Build batman s vehicle with this cool lego rubber band car for a book inspired stem project.

Depending on the length of your car you may need two rubber bands.