Mouse Trap Car The mouse trap car we designed for this project was pretty standard. We used metal rods with rubber wheels attached for the axles and wheels. We supported the axles to the frame using "U" nails. Our wheels featured some spinners as well. For the actual body of the car we glued the mouse trap on another piece of wood to lengthen the body. The mouse trap was hot glued on the top …showed first 75 words of 415 total…

…showed last 75 words of 415 total…after the rope ran out it would pull back against the way it originally sent the car. The main thing I learned from this was that friction is a good thing when it comes to the wheels. Secondly, that it is a must that your axles go on straight. The mouse trap actually has a lot of potential energy, and if you construct the car right it turns it into a lot of kinetic energy.