Tadashi Research Paper

The mouse trap car called “Tadashi” was a work in progress because of the mistakes made along the way. But in the end it finally worked out to be a total success, and it got the ten points it deserved. In the beginning it seemed like a really weird design that might not make it to the end. Yet when it was put together it started to seem much more promising than expected. Of course it wasn’t the best car out there, but it made it to the goal line and that’s what really mattered. Beginning with, “Tadashi” was tested with this special string that is used to make lanyards which is called ‘Gimp Cord’. When we got the string it had a leathery texture, so it seemed questionable if it would work or not. The string was wrapped around 15 times around …show more content…
The work in was 50.6 rad/sec and then the work out was 152.01 rad/sec. This makes sense because, although it was a fantastic car, it did alright. The length of the string was originally 5 cm, but it would run out way too quickly. So the length was extended to 14 cm and the car worked great. There was a few more problems with the first take on “Tadashi”. When the axial was put together the wheels didn’t seem to work. The wheels did affect it, but not enough to change the entire thing. Cd’s, jar lids, and paper plates were used, but the Cd worked the best. But the wheels of course knew how to turn, it was the axial that was have trouble spinning. Once the straws were applied the axial seemed to work much better. But another thing was changed before it was finished, and the was the straws. Although the straws had helped decrease friction, there was still some there. The expandable part of the straw was grabbing tightly onto the axial and was cut off to see if that would have any change. It worked like a charm and after that the mouse trap was finished. With a lot of testing and changing the final product of “Tadashi” was something that anyone could be proud