Cardboard Rubber Band Car Designs

Other designs of rubber band cars.

Cardboard rubber band car designs.

Design and build the body. These rubber band car designs encourage children to ask questions about transfer of energy observe analyze and share their findings. Rubberband is a versatile material as well. 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.

Some designs use cardboard for wheels some use cds. Wrap the unattached end of the rubber band over the catch. Plastic bottle caps toy wheels like those of k nex film canister caps can also serve as the wheels. Turn the axle several times.

Cut a notch in the center of one end of the body. Tape one end of a rubber band to the cardboard at the end opposite the axle. Cut a small slot in the middle of the piece of cardboard. Be sure the corrugations the groves in the cardboard run from the right to the left not back and forth.

Pbs kids design squad build rubber band car. Cardboard is a versatile material. Tape the rubber band to the skewer to prevent it from slipping when the skewer rotates the rubber band should rotate with it. Cut it to that size.

Combine them and you get something even better in this instructable i will show how to make a simple rubberband powered car using cardboard. The basic setup is a lightweight body for the car wheels axles and a rubber band to provide energy for motion.