Earth shattering secrets for building record setting and winning
mousetrap cars and racers. Here you will find all the latest and
greatest untold construction secrets so you can build your very
own mousetrap vehicle. The objective is to build a vehicle that
is powered solely by a standard-sized mouse trap that will
travel and stop closest to a finish line located 5-meters from
the start line in the shortest amount of time. By definition a
vehicle is a device with wheels and/or runners. Launching a ball
or another object from the mouse trap will be ruled illegal. The
entire vehicle must leave the start line and travel as one unit.
1. The vehicle must be powered by a single Victor brand mouse
trap measuring: 1 - 3/4 inches X 3 - 7/8 inches. 2. The mouse
trap cannot be physically altered except for the following: -
holes can be drilled only to mount the mouse trap to a frame -
the mouse trap's snapper arm may be cut and lengthened 3. The
vehicle may not start with additional potential and/or kinetic
energy other