Dixie+Chicks


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These were are first two cars: Tuesday April 13th: Worked well except the fact that it wouldn't really go in a strait line. Which can be a problem especially when there are a lot of walls around. We figured out that it was because the wheels weren't alined correctly...oops ;After many failed attempts to fix it, Lily got so outraged she threw it at the wall and it broke it... Kind of. So we have to start over and raise some money for Lily's anger management classes (just kidding?). Currently, it is a simple square of cardboard with a hole in it. Cute, right? :\

Friday April 15th: Mac is currently working on a knew one. It is in the shape of a rectangle. We are working the hardest on making sure that it goes straight and not in a circle like the last one. We are also making sure to put really good re-enforcements on it so that if it does take a bad turn or rash really badly it won't get **as** damaged. So instead of flimsy straws we are using little plastic tubes for the axels so we have a better time of having it go straight. We are hoping to get it up and running in the next week or so. The name of the car is still being decided, however were leaning towards Hot Rod, or Katy Perry:).

Tuesday April 19th: While Cara works on the charging station, Mac and I (Lily) are working on the second car. This one is a rectangle and made of a stronger then the first one. Our solar panel so far. Our second car. The car would go about 10 feet and then swerve to the right and bang into the wall. We think its because the front wheels aren't completely secured so we glued the wheels more accurately into place.

Finished solar panel.

April 21, 2011 Time Trials Distance- 20 feet Trial 1- 2.7 seconds Trial 2- 2.6 seconds Trial 3- 3.0 seconds Trial 4- 2.7 seconds

Our final charging station...

May 3rd, 2011 Last week we ran into the unfortunate thing of length. We realized that our last car was too wide and too short. So now we are making a new one. this one is really long and is gonna look AWESOME! :] We are currently working on trying to attach the wheels on so that they go straight...that has been a big problem for us. We have finished our charging station and I must say that it is amazing...and colorful :)! We have popsicle sticks lining the top of the box to adjust to where the sun is. Hopefully it will work but we might have to start a new one. Mac and Lily are working on figuring out our final car.

May 4th, 2011 Yay! We are almost done with our final car! It's going really well and really the only problem with it was that the front wheels are just a little off. We can fix that easily. I (Cara) stood at one end of the hallway and Mac went all the way down to the other end of the MS. It went a little to the right but was reallllllllly fast! Yes!!! :D hoping to finish it by tomorrow! A somewhat good picture of the car...it's not quite done yet. We are going to decorate it once we get everything mechanical working right. Maybe some feathers or something... :D

May 10th, 2011 So today we timed our car and it was doing really well! It went the length of the fishing line in 6.6 seconds!!!!! We are basically finished with everything and are just finishing up the last couple things! Hope it works!

May 11th, 2011 Today we really have nothing to do! Mac insisted on making the car pretty.....painting the car and finishing it up! Wish we could charge our batteries today...but no sun. :[