Thames & Kosmos 620376 User manual

EXPERIMENT MANUAL
Franckh-Kosmos Verlags-GmbH & Co. KG, Pfizerstr. 5-7, 70184 Stuttgart, Germany | [phone] | www.kosmos.de
Thames & Kosmos, 301 Friendship St., Providence, RI, 02903, USA | 1-800-587-2872 | www.thamesandkosmos.com
Thames & Kosmos UK Ltd, Goudhurst, Kent, TN17 2QZ, United Kingdom | 01580 212000 | www.thamesandkosmos.co.uk
620376-03-270516

No. Description Qty. Item No.
13-hole rod 13 7026-W10-Q2S2
23-hole cross rod, orange 8 7026-W10-X1O
33-hole dual rod, gray 2 7061-W10-R1S3
43-hole wide rounded rod, black 4 7404-W10-C1D
5 5-hole rod B, gray 6 7413-W10-K2S2
6 5-hole rod C, orange 9 7413-W10-K3O1
7 5-hole dual rod B, gray 2 7026-W10-S2S2
8 5-hole dual rod C, gray 4 7026-W10-S3S3
97-hole wide rounded rod, black 4 7404-W10-C2D
10 7-hole flat rounded rod, black 4 7404-W10-C3D
11 11-hole rod 2 7413-W10-P1D
12 15-hole dual rod 2 7413-W10-H1D
13 Square frame 2 7026-W10-T2D
14 Short frame 2 7413-W10-I1D
15 90-degree converter X, gray 6 7061-W10-J1S3
16 90-degree converter Y, gray 6 7061-W10-J2S3
17 Axle, 35 mm 2 7413-W10-O1D
18 Axle, 70 mm 2 7061-W10-Q1D
19 Axle, 100 mm 2 7413-W10-L2D
20 Tube, 20 mm 12 7400-W10-G2D
21 Body plate left, orange 3 7392-W10-L1O
22 Body plate right, orange 3 7392-W10-L2O
23 Body plate left, black 1 7392-W10-L1TD
24 Body plate right, black 1 7392-W10-L2TD
25 Side plate 4 7392-W10-M1O
26 Small body plate A, black 4 7392-W10-J1D
No. Description Qty. Item No.
27 Small body plate A, orange 2 7392-W10-J1O
28 Large body plate 2 7398-W10-C1TD
29 Small body plate B 2 7398-W10-C2TD
30 Short anchor pin, blue 59 7344-W10-C2B
31 Anchor pin, red 42 7061-W10-C1R
32 Long button pin 4 7061-W10-E1TY
33 Two-to-one converter 47061-W10-G1D
34 Anchor pin lever 1 7061-W10-B1Y
35 9-hole rod 2 7407-W10-C1D
36 Tire 4 7407-W10-A1D
37 Wheel 4 7407-W10-B1W
38 Small body plate C, left 2 7407-W10-D2TD
39 Small body plate C, right 2 7407-W10-D3TD
40 Flat body plate 2 7407-W10-D1TD
41 4-hole flat rounded rod, orange 2 7407-W10-F2O
42 4-ball joint 2 7407-W10-F1O
43 U rod 4 7407-W10-E1O
44 IR steering motor box 1 7407-W85-A
45 4-channel IR remote control unit 1 7407-W85-C-US
46 4-channel battery box 1 7407-W85-D-US
47 Adjustable gearbox 17407-W85-B
48 Electrostatic sticker sheet 1R20#7407-US
49 Green gear for gearbox 17407-W10- O1G
50 Blue gear for gearbox 2 7407-W10-O2B
51 Orange gear for gearbox 17407-W10-O3O
52 Red gear for gearbox 17407-W10-O4R
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What’s inside your experiment kit:
Checklist: Find – Inspect – Check off
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GOOD TO KNOW! If you are missing any
parts, please contact Thames & Kosmos
customer service.
US: [e-mail]
UK: [e-mail]
You will also need:
2 x AAA batteries (1.5-volt, type AAA/LR03) and
3 x AA batteries (1.5-volt, type AA/LR6)
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5
4910 11
13 14
6
12
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Safety Information ........................................................... Inside front cover
Kit Contents...................................................................................................... 
Tips and Tricks ................................................................................................ 
Table of Contents............................................................................................ 
Introduction
Engineering Different Cars for Different Uses .......................................... 
Race Cars ........................................................................................................ 
Build a model of a sleek race car and a dragster to race around a track.
Learn about the physics of cars and drag racing.
The models:
Sleek race car......................................................................................................... 5
Dragster .................................................................................................................16
Luxury Cars................................................................................................... 
Construct a luxury super car and learn about how the gears, engines,
and drive shafts of cars work.
The model:
Super car ............................................................................................................... 22
Classic Cars ................................................................................................... 
Build a hot rod and a hot hatchback, and learn about some famous cars
throughout history. Then learn about engineering a race car and build a
speedy go-kart.
The models:
Hot rod....................................................................................................................32
Hot hatchback......................................................................................................40
Go-kart .................................................................................................................. 47
Modern Cars.................................................................................................. 
Build a pickup truck and a truck to move cargo around. Then build a
buggy to drive up hills.
The models:
Pickup truck ..........................................................................................................52
Truck........................................................................................................................58
Buggy......................................................................................................................64
Future Car....................................................................................................... 
Construct an electric car and learn about some of the features that cars
of the future might have.
The model:
Electric car.............................................................................................................73
Publisher’s Information ...................................................Inside back cover
TIP!
You will find additional
information in the “Check it out”
sections on pages , , , ,
, , , , and .
TIP!
Above each set of assembly
instructions, you will find a red bar:
››› It shows you the difficulty level for
the model’s assembly:
easy medium hard
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Remote-Control Machines: Custom Cars
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SLEEK RACE CAR
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Stickers
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EXPERIMENT 1
Done!
Race Cars
HERE’S HOW
Have a friend or family member
set up a race course in a room in
your house. He or she can gather
various objects, such as small
cardboard boxes (e.g., tea boxes
and matchboxes), toys, and
empty cans, and place them
around the room. Set up a start
and finish line. Turn on your
model and race around the track
as fast as you can! Take turns
timing each other and see who
can drive the model car around
the track the fastest.
Building a race track
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CHECK IT OUT
ACCELERATION
Acceleration is a change in the
velocity of an object. That means that
the object could be speeding up,
slowing down, or changing direction
and it would be accelerating. The time
it takes for a car to go from 0 to 60
miles per hour is a common measure
of a car’s ability to accelerate.
FORCE
When a car turns a corner sharply,
accelerates, or decelerates, you feel a push
or a pull on your body. This is because the
car is exerting a force on you. A force is
necessary to make an object move and is
proportional to the amount of mass and
the acceleration of an object. It is very
important for the engineers who design
cars to understand the forces that a car
experiences when in motion. Based on your
experiences, what forces do you think act
on a car when it is moving?
WORK
The way that physicists define work is different than the
common usage of the word. Work is when a force
causes a displacement in the same direction as the
motion of an object. For example, if you were walking
around at a steady velocity with a box in your arms you
would not be performing work. This is because the force
required to hold up the box points in the upward
direction, while the displacement from your walking
around is in the horizontal direction. However, if you
were to push a box along the floor or lift a box up, you
would be performing work.
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The Physics of Cars