Science Oympiad Electric Vehicle 2017

this was my 2017 entry into the science olympiad. the basic rules were that you needed to make a car that went a certain distance, to be decided at the competition. the trial in the video was my fault, i set it for 12 meters when it was supposed to go 11. XD The second one was almost perfect. That wasn't my fault though, my dad accidentally hit the home button and couldn't get back to the camera. I just found out i got 2nd out of like 15 or so. i almost cried. i still cant believe it actually worked. I worked off from this design, adding two switches (one on the top to turn it off and on, and a leaf at the end of the axle set nc, so it turns off the motor and brakes the car) and a pulley (a o ring) to attach to the motor

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davedarko wrote 02/14/2017 at 16:34

now that's a clever mechanism!

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ActualDragon wrote 02/14/2017 at 16:37

thanks, that was my second try. the first included servos, a arduino, and failure. i found a single motor drive makes it actually very accurate. i might add photos of the drive axle tonight

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Eric Hertz wrote 02/14/2017 at 20:57

seconded!

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ActualDragon wrote 02/15/2017 at 01:53

aww, thanks you guys, it really means a lot. the second video isin't mine, that was the base idea. the difference between the scrambler and the electric vehicle is that the electric vehicle needs power, while the scrambler is shoved down a ramp. that's why i needed to add the motor

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Everyone needs one of these

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