Does anyone know what type of wheels would make a mouse trap car go fast?
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When I did this, I used CD's. One problem you may have, depending on how quickly your car puts the power down, is the lack of friction.  Overall, it seemed to work well, just make sure you have the wheels properly aligned.
566820
i do not have one,but my son is a avid go kart racer every weekend..maybe he can help!!!
557745
This is a working link for the game ur lookin for:\n\nhttp://www.gameholegames.com/dragracer/dragracer3setup.zip
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Yeah, sure those "high performance brakes" will give you an excellent boost in horsepower. Wtf? Add a few stickers, and a really large exhaust pipe, and you'll be drag racing before you know it!\n\nAttempt to reduce the weight of the car, and add performance add-on's to the engine and the exhaust system, so the exhaust can flow faster and more efficiently. The "add-ons" will help you produce more power, but weight is an issue.
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Anything with RWD can be made to drift.  The Nissan 240SX is sort of the classic drift car, because they're well balanced and not too expensive, but you can drift anything that powers off the rear tires.  You may need to tweak the suspension a bit, especially for cars with less power.  Start by playing with the tire pressures, because it's cheap.  I'd recommend way OVERinflating the rears -- that reduces your overall grip at the rear but makes the breakaway much more stable.  (It's what I used to do in a FWD car that I autocrossed 15 years ago -- I could *almost* get a drift going in a VW GTI after setting up the shocks and tire pressures.  Let's just say that when I used to overcook a corner and spin it on course,  the back end would come around first...)\n\nThese days the only drifting I do is on gravel. :-)
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Ask in the Logitech Gamepad Forums: http://forums.logitechio.com/logitech/board?board.id=steering_wheels
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Well, if you have to use a mousetrap, the best thing to do is to find a big mousetrap.  Get a few and make sure yours is a quality one that isn't worn and that the spring has some life to it.\n  Probably the hardest part is going to build some sort of a cage that will hold the marble in place and get it to throw the marble at a 45degree angle.  \n  Get a protractor and set the base of the trap on an angle so that when it does go off you can get as close to 45degrees as possible. \n  Also If you can build some sort of a stop on your mousetrap so that when the throwing end flings it doesn't smash your cage you built on it .  I would put a strong metal wire that catches the arm after it fires.
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Breats?????\n\nBuy a copy of dirt wheels magazine. It's FILLED with ads for that stuff.
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you can get him a nitro r/c car you can find it at almost any hobby shop\nbut make sure you get an HPI brand its very strong\nhttp://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXFSK4&P=0\nthis is the one i have its fast these go as fast or faster then real cars 0-60 in almost 2 seconds
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Try this link.  \n\nhttp://users.bigpond.net.au/mechtoys/mouse.html
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try www.carprices.com, or if you're not satisfied, try playing nfs underground 2 and nfs most wanted, it gave me an idea of how to modify my escalade and my next ride the cayman s
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Uh...\n\nNOS Toy?\nThat would be a race car that you refer to as a toy, and is equipped with Nitrus Oxide Syustems for maximum HP at take off.
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Diameter? Think extremes, a 20" diameter wheel will go much further in one revolution than a 10" wheel. So with the engine doing the same speed, the car would go further in the same amount of time - faster!\n\nSo providing both wheels weighed the same, a larger diameter tyre will make the car go faster.\n\nIn practise the wheel and tyre weighs more, so the difference is hardly noticed, you can have a wheel that is too big. Someone once put 19" wheels on his big powerful car and kept snapping his driveshafts!
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For links to websites related to your question, go to \nhttp://www.ihpva.org/people/tstrike/building/trikelinks.htm\nRick Horwitz has detailed intructions and plans online at http://www.ihpva.org/com/PracticalInnovations/index.html\n Add widest wheels and fattest tires u can find for beach.  Still probably not good on beach due to limitations of trike design.
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Hit the CTRL Key and with your scrool bar mouse..move it down. The wheelie thing on the mouse.
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well, i cant really explain it, but you can use rubber band or a mousetrap to power the car. if u google "mousetrap car" or "rubber band powered car," you'll find diagrams and steps on how to make it.
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There would have to be a compelling reason to make wheels that are not round.  If wheels were triangular or square, the ride would be very uneven and bumpy.  Oval wheels would be smooother but still bumpy.  If many sides were used (perhaps a hexagon or more) on the tires for use on a smooth surface, they would cause severe vibrations.  Wheels need not be round if the surface traveled on is not smooth and mates with the new shape, but the extra cost would have to be justified by a new advantage.