In the transportation component of the semester we were give a project that required us to make a CO2 car that was lightweight and fast so that we could compete against Mr. Morley's car which was apparently the fastest and no one had beaten before. The car could have been any material of our choosing but we were provided with wood. So everyone used wood that was given to them. We also painted our cars at the end.
To start this project we were given a booklet that had all the instructions on what to do. We ad to draw a blueprint of what our car was going to look like from all angles. As soon as we got our blueprints approved by Mr. Morley we started to draw on the lines from where we would cut things on our wood. Mr. Morley clearly stated that if we messed anything up while cutting, we would not get another piece of would and we would just fail the project.
As soon as we were done drawing the lines on the block of wood and we were satisfied with it, we went to the wood shop room to cut our car out.Before we actually started cutting, we had to drill a hole in the back of the car that was 1 inch deep only for the CO2 launcher to fit in the back of the car when we were going to race them.Then everyone cut the top of their wood first then the sides because it was easier to do the sides after. The equipment that we used to cut our cars out was safety glasses and a machine called the band saw. When we were done with the cutting part, we went and sanded our cars using the belt sander and sand paper. After doing that we went an planned out where we would put the wheels and we drilled holes using a power hand drill. This had to be done perfectly because if the hole wasn't straight then our car's tires would work properly. After that we took metal rods and plastic wheels and put them onto our car. We also put 2 hooks on the bottom of our cars so that it would stay on the wire while being launched on race day.
This is all we did for transportation along with watching a movie about aerodynamics which really helped me put my CO2 car together.
To start this project we were given a booklet that had all the instructions on what to do. We ad to draw a blueprint of what our car was going to look like from all angles. As soon as we got our blueprints approved by Mr. Morley we started to draw on the lines from where we would cut things on our wood. Mr. Morley clearly stated that if we messed anything up while cutting, we would not get another piece of would and we would just fail the project.
As soon as we were done drawing the lines on the block of wood and we were satisfied with it, we went to the wood shop room to cut our car out.Before we actually started cutting, we had to drill a hole in the back of the car that was 1 inch deep only for the CO2 launcher to fit in the back of the car when we were going to race them.Then everyone cut the top of their wood first then the sides because it was easier to do the sides after. The equipment that we used to cut our cars out was safety glasses and a machine called the band saw. When we were done with the cutting part, we went and sanded our cars using the belt sander and sand paper. After doing that we went an planned out where we would put the wheels and we drilled holes using a power hand drill. This had to be done perfectly because if the hole wasn't straight then our car's tires would work properly. After that we took metal rods and plastic wheels and put them onto our car. We also put 2 hooks on the bottom of our cars so that it would stay on the wire while being launched on race day.
This is all we did for transportation along with watching a movie about aerodynamics which really helped me put my CO2 car together.