After this is the finals, but first we have this
last semi-final between the Kentucky Fried Family (power paddlers) and
the Brooklyn Benders (paintball tanks). The task this week is to build
a train that can fly down a 400-yard track the fastest. The best time after
3 runs advances. Oh, one little thing...just further down the track, after
the finish line, is a stand with an ostrich egg on top. The only way for
the runs time to count is to not knock the egg off of the stand. If the
egg survives, so does their time. To also add to their task ,they'll be
towing 1.5 tons of "freight" which will making stopping difficult.
The Brooklyn Benders are going to build a variation on a vehicle you may have seen on railroad tracks. They will attach rail wheels to a car and use the drive wheels to rub against another set of rail wheels and push themselves down the track (like the friction drives in Collapsible Cars) and use the brakes on the car to stop themselves. Provided they can find a working car, will the car brakes be abel to stop them AND the freight before they're making omelets?
The Kentucky Fried Family are also going "traditional."
They will be creating a platform vehicle powered by an electric engine.
They'll use a welder as a generator and golf cart wheels/engines for locomotion.
They face a similar problem to the Brooklyn Benders in the question of
stopping. Also, how much power can they generate from a couple of golf
cart motors and would it even be enough for speed/pulling power?
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