Wheelie Car

> The concept of this design is to make a car that once pulled back would race forward with enough speed that it will perform a wheelie. However, unlike most toy cars that flip when performing a wheelie, this car will use the movement of a weight to assure that the front of the car will land softly.

> All you have to do is pull back the car on a surface to wind up the car. Then when it is released the car speeds forward into a wheelie, while the internal mechanisms assure that the car will land back on all four wheels and continue to speed forward. The car automatically resets, so it is ready to repeat the process time after time.

> The toy can come in a multitude of car styles, limited only by the weight distribution of the chasis. It is also possible to make the car capapble of being custimized with decals and other accessories. Moreover, children will be able to race there cars or have wheelie contests with each other.

> The cost of of the cars would depend on the materials used to make the car. Most toy cars are made of plastic, which a fairly cheap. However, if metal was used for certain models, the cost would certainly increase. Also, one must consider the size of the cars. They would not be small enough that they would be a choking hazard for small children; however, the internal mechanism would be more costly due to its small size.

The largest benifit to help decrease the cost would be the cost. All the cars would have the same internal mechanism to propel the car forward and cause the wheelie to occur. Therfore, large quantities of the same mechanism can be produced.

Jacob Beatty
Carnegie Mellon University
January 23, 2009