A Rubber Band Powered Car

Wrap the rubber band around the rear axle.

A rubber band powered car.

This video will show you how to make a very simple rubber band powered car using plastic bottles. There are lots of creative rubber band car ideas but you definitely need a rubber band and a way to wind it up. We needed two attach the rubber band to a fixed position at the front of the car. 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.

Think of the fuel economy for your rubber band powered car. Gasoline powered cars calculate their fuel economy in miles per gallon or how many miles the car can travel on one. Rubber bands are a convenient and effective way to teach energy transformation and this rubber band car makes that lesson a blast. It s a thicker cardboard and will definitely hold up better.

Depending on the length of your car you may need two rubber bands. Plus it s even more fun if you can make a car go without just pushing it or by adding an expensive motor. I cut a slit in the top of the. Kids love building things that move.

Hope you like it. Aiden has broken the wheels off of the car several times and i ve had to reglue them. Elektronomia the other side ncs release https yout. How to make a rubber band powered car if you like this video please subscribe to our channel.

A quick google search for rubber band car project yields tens of thousands of results so why reinvent the rubber band powered wheel the top results show cars with small wheels without traction or cd wheels which are difficult to attach to an axel both of. Hope you like it. This rubber band powered car is an awesome engineering activity for your next stem project time. This video will show you how to make a very simple rubber band powered car using plastic bottles.