Hybrid Car
Project Description-In the hybrid car project we were tasked with building a car that runs off of an alternative energy source travel with a load of 250 grams five meters. We could use anything except for, chemical, nuclear and electric energy. Our cars first design ran off of balloons or elastic energy. The car could travel about three meters without the weights. But once the weights were added to the car it was not able to move at all.Our second design also used elastic energy but in the forms of rubber bands. the rubber band would be twisted around the axel and then let go. This had enough power to move our car five meters with the weight.
Concepts
Reflection- During the course of the project our group did well on some things and poor on others. We did really well on adapting to problems that we faced over the course of building the car. We did poorly on managing our time though. Although the time was managed poorly I figured how much work you can get done if you really try hard. While researching alternative energy sources I learned quite a bit about how a car motor works which I found really interesting. Also while building the car I figured out that I was good at figuring out how to get the materials that we needed for the car. I could have done better with explaining how to do some of the math to the people in my group who did not understand it. I also could have done a better job with making a definite plan from the start and not just building without knowing what to do. Overall I learned that is really important to have a set plan from the beginning so that we don't run out of time while trying to figure out what we want to do.