Water Powered Remote Control Cars

This exhibit uses interactive remote control cars so children can learn how to exit velocity from a nozzle can exert enough force to move a car as well as the fact that changing the diameter of such a nozzle can also change the exit velocity. These concepts discussed above would be demonstrated by allowing the children to be able to change the diameter of the nozzle on a remote controlled car.

The basic design idea would follow that of any remote control car, however, instead being powered by a battery, it would move using jet propulsion created from a stream of water. The water would enter the car thorough a stiff hose attached to the car. The hose would be stiff so that if there were more than one car, they would not get tangled up with each other. The child would be able to control the steering the car as well as the speed using a control panel.