Cardboard Rubber Band Car Designs

Some designs use cardboard for wheels some use cds.

Cardboard rubber band car designs.

Other designs of rubber band cars. Tape the rubber band to the skewer to prevent it from slipping when the skewer rotates the rubber band should rotate with it. These rubber band car designs encourage children to ask questions about transfer of energy observe analyze and share their findings. Tape one end of a rubber band to the cardboard at the end opposite the axle.

Wrap the unattached end of the rubber band over the catch. Turn the axle several times. Rubberband is a versatile material as well. Design and build the body.

Plastic bottle caps toy wheels like those of k nex film canister caps can also serve as the wheels. You ve given the rubber band potential stored energy. Cut a small slot in the middle of the piece of cardboard. Combine them and you get something even better in this instructable i will show how to make a simple rubberband powered car using cardboard.

Be sure the corrugations the groves in the cardboard run from the right to the left not back and forth. Cardboard is a versatile material. The basic setup is a lightweight body for the car wheels axles and a rubber band to provide energy for motion. Cut a notch in the center of one end of the body.

Cut it to that size. Instead of cardboard the cars can use a variety of lightweight materials for the chassis such as lego balsa wood light plastic container cereal box or foam board.