Battery Buggy B

[Insert Name Here]

So at STATE you have to have an amazing score to place. Like my team, we had an estimated score of around 250. And by the end (we had recorded and estimated all the other team's scores too), we thought we were gonna place considering we had one of the fastest times and within a meter of the fixed point. But we were sadly mistaken,

[Gemma W]

Wait, within a meter? As in one hundred centimeters? No offense, but a competitive score is more like within ten cm. Also, there's no way you could have a score of 250 if you were off by even half a meter. The score is distance in mm plus time x 25.

[JohnStack2]

any help on making it turn

Angle the wheels to one direction and angle the car the other direction at the right place to make it turn to the tape

[JohnStack2]

Is there a way to make a four wheel buggy turn other than different wheel sizes and screw at the front? or a way to make it go straight, and then turn (around the bucket) and the go straight again?

the only way to do that would be to have a computer chip to tell it when it goes a certian distance and then turns so i dont think so

[JohnStack2]

What is this micro switch

a switch that can turn of the main switch

[fleet130]

What is this micro switch

Micro Switch
Miniature snap-action switch

[Gemma W]

Is there a way to make a four wheel buggy turn other than different wheel sizes and screw at the front? or a way to make it go straight, and then turn (around the bucket) and the go straight again?

the only way to do that would be to have a computer chip to tell it when it goes a certian distance and then turns so i dont think so

Which I believe is illegal.

[Epicfail]

Yea, i think so too. Pulley or gears? i used pulley

[scifipi]

Yea, i think so too. Pulley or gears? i used pulley

I use gears. To me, they seem like they're simpler, but I don't know the ups and downs of pulleys and gears. Can anyone list them?

[Gemma W]

I used gears, because of the way our motor and axle connection works.