These are the rules:
1. The car must be made of items that are completely edible by humans. (Coconut shells are not edible, orange peels are edible.) There is one exception to this rule--you may use four toothpicks or two wood shiskebab skewers as the axles of your vehicle.
2. The car may not exceed the following dimensions: 20 cm (wide) x 30 cm (long) x 30 cm (tall).
3. The car must have 4 distinct wheels ( not a double wheel on a single axle).
4. Any adhesive that you use must also be edible.
5. Each car will be assigned an Edible Car Challenge (ECC) score as follows:
ECC= net displacement from bottom of ramp / mass of car in kg.
Strategy: To win the ECC score challenge, which is school wide, you need to make a well-built, lightweight car that goes far. To win the distance challenge, for bragging rights in your class, you need to remember what gives an object the most momentum.
Ok so thats the rules on the paper my teacher gave. So far I havent really came up with any good ideas as to what I will make the wheels out of, and what the main body of the car will be.
I want to try to win the competition thing so please help me come up with realistic designs which u think might travel the furthest
-Thanks!
*EDIT* also forgot to mention it starts off with the car on the top of a slight ramp, and we will be doing this in a school hallway. Dunno if the school hallway detail makes any diff, just throwing it in there
