Mousetrap Cars

Building a car powered only by the spring of a mousetrap is a favorite challenge for American students of all ages.

Created by Tormod Guldvog
Last updated October 27 2007

It is not as easy as you might think! You have to take into consideration many aspects of physics, like gravity, friction, weight, and proportions, just to mention some of the challenging issues.

Surprisingly, there are few good online galleries of mousetrap cars. Most of the websites with great information are commercial, so we have tried to collect links to free, non-commercial web pages.

There are so many varieties of mousetrap cars that it is hardly possible to provide a "correct" solution. But the links below point the way to some great designs. Some of them even tell you how to build your own car.

If you have built a great mousetrap car, send a photo of it by e-mail to editor@hypography.com and we will put together a gallery.

Please help us improve the quality of this page by submitting links to project pages about mousetrap cars!

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A combination of "hyperlink" and "bibliography", i.e. a list of links to electronic resources related to any topic.

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