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Coaster Car

Coaster Vehicle

Design and build a device that will coast the longest distance possible when released from the top of a ramp set at a chair seat height.

Criteria

  1. Vehicle can be no longer than 300 mm or wider than 150 mm.
  2. Nothing designed to be a wheel may be used.
  3. No propulsion system.
  4. Minimum requirement-vehicle must be able to get down the ramp.
  5. Vehicle must have front and rear wheels.
  6. Marks based on distance travelled.

Research

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