{"id":372,"date":"2018-03-07T10:05:46","date_gmt":"2018-03-07T18:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/?p=372"},"modified":"2018-03-11T07:53:28","modified_gmt":"2018-03-11T14:53:28","slug":"moustrap-car-racing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/index.php\/2018\/03\/07\/moustrap-car-racing\/","title":{"rendered":"Moustrap Car Racing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s one month later and time to test our designs.<\/p>\n<p>My eldest had the idea to let the cars &#8216;fight&#8217; and I suggested mounting a wedge-shape onto the front of it to knock other cars over (I used to watch BattleBots) but alas, we didn&#8217;t devote enough time to this project during the month and now there is no time.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_373\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-373\" style=\"width: 260px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-373\" src=\"https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IMG_0004-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"260\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IMG_0004-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IMG_0004-416x555.jpg 416w, https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IMG_0004-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IMG_0004-400x533.jpg 400w, https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IMG_0004.jpg 1537w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-373\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2-mousetrap prototypes under construction<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Somehow adding a second mousetrap failed to result in the higher level of performance I was expecting from our mousetrap cars. \u00a0When raced most of them didn&#8217;t move at all. \u00a0In some cases I could point to obvious problems: too much friction on the wheels, mousetrap not securely fastened. \u00a0But my prototype which was just the original, working model with a new mousetrap added, also didn&#8217;t move. \u00a0Clearly more research is needed.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some photos of the lineup. \u00a0No video because I can&#8217;t edit the children&#8217;s faces out of them.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_391\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-391\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-391 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IMG_0732.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IMG_0732.jpg 640w, https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IMG_0732-416x144.jpg 416w, https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IMG_0732-300x104.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IMG_0732-400x139.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-391\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Starting Lineup<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-390\" src=\"https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IMG_0730.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"291\" height=\"194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IMG_0730.jpg 640w, https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IMG_0730-416x278.jpg 416w, https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IMG_0730-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IMG_0730-400x267.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 291px) 100vw, 291px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s one month later and time to test our designs. 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