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You can purchase kits online that provide you with all the parts necessary to put together a mousetrap racer.<ref name="rf1">http://www.cfep.uci.edu/cspi/docs/lessons_secondary/Mouse%20Trap%20Car%20Lesson.pdf</ref> However, most mousetrap racers are built to travel as far as possible, not as fast as possible. Most adaptions you make to a racer will not increase max speed, but rather acceleration, [[Adapt a Mousetrap Car for Distance|usually at the expense of distance]]. In other words, if speed is your goal, you will need to adapt your racer to travel shorter distances more quickly.<ref name="rf2">http://www.real-world-physics-problems.com/mousetrap-car-physics.html</ref> | You can purchase kits online that provide you with all the parts necessary to put together a mousetrap racer.<ref name="rf1">http://www.cfep.uci.edu/cspi/docs/lessons_secondary/Mouse%20Trap%20Car%20Lesson.pdf</ref> However, most mousetrap racers are built to travel as far as possible, not as fast as possible. Most adaptions you make to a racer will not increase max speed, but rather acceleration, [[Adapt a Mousetrap Car for Distance|usually at the expense of distance]]. In other words, if speed is your goal, you will need to adapt your racer to travel shorter distances more quickly.<ref name="rf2">http://www.real-world-physics-problems.com/mousetrap-car-physics.html</ref> | ||
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== Steps == | == Steps == | ||
===Increasing Acceleration=== | ===Increasing Acceleration=== | ||
