- Designed and engineered to be a super long distance traveler by a former award winning Texas physics teacher.
- This mousetrap racer kit includes adjustable steering and reduced friction bushings to maximize the travel distance. You can dial in the steering to make sure your vehicle travels straight.
- Perfect mousetrap vehicle kit for beginners and seasoned veterans alike. Comes ready-to-assemble with pre-cut and pre-drilled lightweight balsa wood.
- This mousetrap car kit comes with light-weight brass tubing axles that spin with less friction for increase speed and distance, and do not warp like wood dowels, for a smoother ride without wobble.
- Includes Doc Fizzix's flexible rubber CD/DVD wheel spacers that are designed to act as shock absorbers to damper small bumps and imperfections in the road surface providing for a smoother ride that will increase both the speed and distance of your vehicle project.
- Includes Doc Fizzix’s Ultra thin, low-inertia wheels that are half the thickness of a normal CD/DVD and have only half the rotational inertia. Less rotational inertia means your vehicle will travel further and faster when compared to a normal CD wheel.
- Features Doc Fizzix's easy-wind, snag-free propulsion system designed specifically for mousetrap powered racers
DESCRIPTION:
The Basic Kit II is designed to be an extreme long-distance-traveler that is a guaranteed winner for any mousetrap vehicle long-distance contest. The Basic Kit II comes ready-to-assemble with pre-cut and pre-drilled parts so you can be ready for action and racing on the same day. The Basic Kit II can be assembled in less than 30 minutes for most first time builders and when finished it will travel from 40-65 meters (actual results may vary). As with all our kits, The Basic Kit II comes with step-by-step instructions that are filled with tons of top secret performance tips and tricks that have been developed exclusively by Doc Fizzix so that you will have all the information you need to make The Basic Kit II a winner.
PERFORMANCE UPGRADES:
The reduced friction bushings in this kit decrease the total amount of friction and increase the efficiency of the vehicle by as much as 25-30% over other conventional bushing systems. Adjustable Steering guarantees that the Basic Kit II will travel straight down any hallway and can also be adjusted to go in a complete circle of almost any radius.
The Basic Kit II comes with ultra-thin, low inertia, DVD layer wheels that are the same diameter as a normal CD/DVD but only half the thickness. Because these wheels are only half the thickness compared to a normal CD/DVD they have only half the rotational inertia and your vehicle will have a greater acceleration and a greater travel distance compared to a similar vehicle using normal CDs/DVDs. The travel distance will increase from 5-15 meters further compared to a similar vehicle using normal thickness CD/DVD wheels.
The Basic II kit includes our "easy-to-wind" and "snag-free " string release system that will not tangle and/or snag, a technique that was designed exclusively by Doc Fizzix to increase the performance of your vehicle.
TRAVEL DISTANCE:
40-65 meters (131 - 213 feet)
INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING:
Victor mouse trap
Kevlar high-tech string
Pre-cut and pre-drilled balsa wood frame
Low inertia DVD layer wheels
DVD wheel adapters
Brass tubing axles
Thrust washers
Low friction bushings
Adjustable steering set-up
12" lever arm
Doc Fizzix's easy-wind, snag-free propulsion system
TOOLS REQUIRED:
Needle-nose-pliers
Super glue
Size: length = 21 inches, width = 6 inches
This product is not a toy, it is a science hobby kit that requires the use of tools, glue, and problem solving. This product is intended for ages 13 and up only. This product is most often used in high school science classes.
