Product Description The Basic Kit is our number one selling mousetrap powered car kit. The Basic Kit is an easy-to-build, top performing, long-distance-traveler that can be assembled in a variety of different ways making it the perfect all purpose mousetrap car kit available for just about any type of school contest and/or STEM challenge. The Basic Kit comes ready-to-assemble with pre-cut and pre-drilled parts so you can be ready for action and racing all in the same day. As with all our kits, The Basic Kit comes with with our complete step-by-step instruction guide that is filled with tons of top secret performance tips and tricks that have been developed exclusively by Doc Fizzix, with over 30 years of experience, so you will have all the information you need to make your mousetrap car project a winner. Travel Distance: 30-45 meters (98 - 148 feet)* Top Highlights: The perfect mousetrap vehicle kit for beginners and seasoned veterans alike. Designed and engineered for your success. Comes ready-to-assemble with pre-cut and pre-drilled lightweight balsa wood frame. Engineered to be a top performing long-distance traveler. Comes with a 12" inch lever arm but can easily be adjusted and modified to meet all your mousetrap vehicle contest and/or STEM challenge needs. 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 mousetrap car will travel further and faster when compared to a similar vehicle using normal thickness CD wheel. Comes with lightweight, 3/16" inch diameter brass tubing axles that spin freely with less friction for an increase in both speed and distance. Brass tubing axles do not warp like wooden dowels and provide for a much smoother ride without wobble. Comes with Doc Fizzix's flexible rubber CD/DVD wheel spacers that are designed to act as tiny shock absorbers to damper small bumps and imperfections on the floor's surface providing for a smoother ride with an increase in both the speed and distance. Features Doc Fizzix's "easy-wind", "snag-free" propulsion system designed specifically for mousetrap powered racers. Comes with our complete step-by-step instruction guide that is written the for the visual learner filled with tons of top secret performance tips and tricks. Finished vehicle measures approximately 5" x 4.5" x 21.5" inches (H x W x L) All our products are 100% made in the U.S.A by Doc Fizzix in Spicewood, TX. Assembly Time: The Basic Kit can be assembled in less than 30 minutes for most first time builders and when finished it will travel from 30-45 meters (98 - 148 feet). Skill Level: Required Skills Able to measure with a ruler in both inches and/or centimeters. Experience working with wood glue and/or Cyanoacrylate glues (Super Glues). Able to glue two pieces of balsa wood together. Able to tie a loop knot in string. Able to use needle nose pliers to cut wire. Recommended Skills Some knowledge of how a mousetrap car works. Able to sand parts to make them smooth. Can problem solve during construction and make adjustments. Can determine how to make adjustments to improve performance. Tools Required: Needle-nose-pliers Wood or Super glue *Kits require assembly, actual results will vary and depends on the constructions skills of the builder, glue and tools not included.
