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biggest thing to watch for is rafters. i had one glider stuck once 100 ft up. we ended up putting masking tape on the top of baloon and stuck it so it can come down. then u just seperate it. but if it touches the mylar ur going to hav to replace it

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Yeah, I use lego pieces just to hold the axles.

Brake idea: Mousetrap Vehicle Wiki, 3rd design[/quote]

i use fender washers to hold the axel

keep in mind u need to discard teh rubber after 3 uses

how do i make the robot assembkly? im thinking about using paper cups for rotor shape and got design to cut them but idk how to make rest of assembly

i cant wait ! ! woot. we get to play with teh big dawgs now

illusionist wrote:For attaching the rotating rotor, can I use a propeller shaft holder, such as the ones used for WS planes, except with my own rotor replacing the blades?

im pretty sure u can as long as its not made of rigit plastic. we used plastic ones last year so this year we will have to make it from scratch

ya u can buy amazon. 4 cyrstal set for 10 bucks. sold by the user "VEX"

ChrisYim wrote:which method for mousetrap vehicle do you think works best? method 1 or method 2?

i use method one yim. bring it on

we plan on using heli rotors made out of taco bell cups. w ewill use same design from plastic cups of last year Might want to go back and read the rules, see para 2.b. "The functional components must not be constructed from rigid plastic" probably makes such rotors illegal. what if we use...