Mousetrap Race cars

This week, we were faced with the challange of building a vehical powered by a mousetrap. I teamed up with Jason Vance (iliketobuildstuff.blogspot.com) and we built a super sick car that should have won, but due to unforeseen "technical difficulties" (aka gremlins) it ended in the contrary. However, unlike most of the other cars, we put the mouse trap on the car. Then we connecting the trap to a string that we wrapped around one of our axels. When the mouse trap snapped back, it spun the axel, henceforth moving the car. 

for future races, I made some new rules:

Proposed rules:

1)must be at least 8 ounces

2)moustrap must be attached to car

Trials:

During our first trial our car was able to travel a super awesome total of 15'5'. This was our best trial, since our other two trials didn't even make it past the five foot marker due to malfunctions/deamons thwarting the intellectual progress of mankind.

Achievements: 13/15

Earned:"Brainiac," "Visualize It!," "Build It," "The Price of Glory," "Competitor," "Going the Mile!,"  "Heavy Foot," "Feedback," "Re-work," "Game Changer," "Name it," "Leave It Cleaner Than You Found It," "Design/Build"

Failed:

"Long Distance Winner!," "Led Foot,"