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Irotate360
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yeah so were maken one of these pain in the asses for physics but we need an ideas for a wheel. you used this foam like materiel for the huge back one but we need ideas for 2 front wheels(about the size of cd's). any ideas? we might end up just using the same materiel we did for the back. also the wheels have to be perfectly round.



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Mar 29 2005 7:54PM
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ItsPhil
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the top to a big tub of butter
or the top of an ice cream container like Edy's or something nigga

Mar 29 2005 8:01PM
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Melvs
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the key to making these fast is a short arm that pulls the string from the axle, and good axles. if you're going for distance/slow speed though, make the arm really long.

as for materials.... how about some light weight wood, or a mini cd?

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Mar 29 2005 8:01PM
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RenegadeZ3
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A perfectly round thing the size of a CD? hmmmmmm, why not a CD?

Mar 29 2005 8:05PM
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MESKI
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i made one of these before... just use cd's for the wheels its the best

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Mar 29 2005 8:19PM
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lanks
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CD's have zero traction. i've tried lining the surface of CD's with elastics though, it works fairly well.


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Mar 29 2005 8:19PM
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Melvs
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a good way to do it is to cut it outta cardboard, and run an elastic band around that edge.

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Mar 29 2005 8:21PM
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1080bio
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just take 2 cds and put rubber bands on them and if there for the fron wheles it dosnt mater any way for traction cause the trap would be conected to the rear whele so u can just use plain cds there would even be lass friction that way


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Mar 29 2005 8:52PM
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Irotate360
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yeah melvs we need it perfectly round, w/e were just going with cds, we didnt want to in the first place casue we want to cut out the middle a bit to make spokes so the cd is lighter. well see how it goes, anyone got any suggestions other than the wheel though?



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Mar 29 2005 8:53PM
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skierdudeguy
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my sister had to make one... i ended up making it for her the night before. i used film canister lids. small wheels though


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Mar 29 2005 10:53PM
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T.Spliff
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i made one of those and i used CDs cause i got free ones from those aol free internet trail disks they worked good

Mar 29 2005 11:54PM
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kykelly05
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we had 2 mice ride on top of ours...
we were considering turning those hampster balls into wheels.. and puttin the mice in those but our teacher was being a tool and said the mice would be powering it and not gravity

Mar 29 2005 11:59PM
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404404
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CDs work well

Mar 30 2005 12:00AM
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skogenjake
Posts: 6685 - Karma: 511
the way to win, itll go farthest:

back wheels- old RECORDS
front- small ass wheels. its a physics thing.the ratio of rotation or some shit. everyone does cds. i did cds, but the farthest one was the records.



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Mar 30 2005 12:00AM
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*BeAsT*
Posts: 408 - Karma: 22
We just did that for our "Advanced Science class" and i cut out the bottom of the metal coffee containers for wheels.

Mar 30 2005 12:27AM
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GotamaBCshredder
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jer your car looked like such a piece of shit tho, use cd,s and dab some hot glue and spread it around the edge.

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Mar 30 2005 12:39AM
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*BeAsT*
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shut the hell up Cody! Do you know who was in my group? I did the thing the frekin night before in my shop.

Mar 30 2005 12:48AM
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HandiBoard
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go with what skogen jake said- records in the back and small wheels in the front


Mar 30 2005 7:16PM
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skierdudeguy
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im gonna remember this for when i need to make one. next year i think?


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Mar 31 2005 9:25PM
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Apple
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when we did this, we used CD's. they were key. you just need to make sure that your car is heavy enough to not have the wheels spin out. rubber bands do wonders for that.

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