David FNJ Posted December 21, 2015 (edited) Location: H03 Kaalin Tags: MANTIS, land vehicle Double D's log 27: After last weeks mirage, I seem to be mostly normal. I still can't remember what happened several weeks ago, but at least I don't think I'm seeing things. I get to test out a new, very fast, MANTIS vehicle - a dragster really. It can either be used as an escape vehicle, or transport materials across a landscape quickly.....that is, if the landscape is very flat....it doesn't turn well. Watch the video! https://www.flickr.c...ductions/52x46H ~ DD out ------------------------------------ Yup! I built a rubber band powered car! One of my cousins was over and she had a school project to build a rubber band powered car. Of course, I had to quick build one from LEGO bricks! I spent more time on getting it to go far than making it look all fancy. There's always next time right? Unfortunately my cousin couldn't use LEGO bricks to build the car, but that didn't stop me from building one! There were several variables that affect how rubber band powered cars function that I hadn't really thought about till I started building this. After a bunch of tests and modifications, this sized dragster goes around 25 feet with 8 full rotations of the rubber band. The measuring tape in the video is set to 22 feet (~ 6.7 meters). If we had a longer hallway it would probably just pass 25 feet with the 8 rotations. I hope to do this again sometime in the future; it was a blast! Yeah yeah, the rubber band isn't LEGO, but if I were to use my LEGO rubber bands, they would have been ruined Edited December 21, 2015 by David FNJ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpacerSteve Posted December 21, 2015 Sweet dragster. Time to do a MANTIS rubberband dragster week! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kai NRG Posted December 21, 2015 Really impressive how far this thing goes! Great work! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mr Greeble Posted December 22, 2015 Wow. That goes crazy far. Nice job. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andromedas Gates Posted December 23, 2015 The judges awarded you 3 points. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TenorPenny Posted January 2, 2016 A very, very MANTIS vehicle. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
David FNJ Posted January 4, 2016 Thanks all! I had a lot of fun with this one! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
