1. By Neil Berg and Michael Wiener

2.  In this project, our task was to build a car that is powered by a CO2 canister. The ultimate goal was the fastest car.

3.  The following picture defines the specifications with which the CO2 car is to be built with. The car must fit the criteria or it is disqualified

4.  After seeing the specifications, we began to search for possible designs.  Our designs were originally based on aerodynamics.  We began looking up designs of high speed racecars because of their exceptional aerodynamics.

5.  After exploring several designs of high speed drag cars and high speed racecars, we determined a few designs that we think would work best.  The pictures to the left are the possibilities of designs that we came up with.

6.  Pictured to the right are two designs that we narrowed our car down to.  We felt these designs would help the most as far as aerodynamics are concerned.

7.  Pictured above is the final design that we settled on for our CO2 car.  This car was very aerodynamic, as well as easy to construct without causing major problems.

11. timeSpeed(m/s)Speed(km/hr)Speed(mi/hr) Trial 11.46s15.44m/s55.58km/hr34.54mi/hr Trial 21.43s15.77m/s56.77km/hr35.28mi/hr Trial 31.34s16.83m/s60.59km/hr37.65mi/hr Trial 1Trial 2Trial 3Average Front wheel3.01s3.10s2.97s Back wheel2.57s2.45s2.52s Trial 1Trial 2 Drag force-.118N-.123N

12.  After making and testing our first design, we realized that our car was too heavy to win.  To increase the speed of the car we cut off a significant amount of weight from the car.

13.  Following is a picture of our car racing in the last race of the tournament.  Our car was able to win the tournament after reducing the weight of the car