Compound lever on a mousetrap vehicle?

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The discussion centers on the implementation of a compound lever in a mousetrap vehicle to enhance speed. A compound lever, which consists of two or more levers working together, can potentially increase the mechanical advantage and efficiency of the energy transfer from the mousetrap. Participants emphasize the need for a clear definition of a compound lever and its practical application in mousetrap car design to achieve optimal performance in competitions.

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This discussion is beneficial for students, hobbyists, and educators involved in physics projects, particularly those focused on competitive mousetrap vehicle design and engineering principles.

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Hello, I'm trying to make my mousetrap car go very fast. I saw this on youtube . Does this provide any advantage to make it go faster? How would you implement a compound lever to a mousetrap car?
 
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shadow6810 said:
Hello, I'm trying to make my mousetrap car go very fast. I saw this on youtube . Does this provide any advantage to make it go faster? How would you implement a compound lever to a mousetrap car?

Welcome to the PF.

Can you define what a compound lever is for us, and describe how you think it might be able to make a mousetrap competition car go faster?

And since this is for schoolwork with no effort shown on your part, this thread is moved to the Homework forums...
 

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