Mach 5 Toy Race-Car
Background Info:
The Mach 5 Race Car is the race car designed for the fictional character Speed Racer in the Japanese anime cartoon of the same name “Speed Racer.” In this case our object is a toy designed for the amusement of children. It is modeled after an actual car; the Corvette C3, which we use as transportation.
Scale and Proportions:
Weight – 23 ½ grams
Height – 1” (from bottom of tire)
0.76” (from bottom of frame)
Width – 1” (front of car)
1.5” (hood of the car)
1.25” (middle of car)
1.5” (trunk of car)
1” (rear of car)
Length – 4”
Rim/Wheel size – 0.5” (give or take)
The scale of the object in conjunction with the shape of the object can be seen as a design to transcend great speeds at a forward motion.
Speed:
The toy car reached a 15-foot maximum at 4.5-seconds, giving it a maximum speed of 3.33-fps.
Componentry: (see Diagram A on page 5)
Assembled car views:
Side View/Front View:
Back View/Diagonal View:
Bottom components:
1a) Floor: The lower enclosing surface upon which things are placed. It attaches to the frame of the toy car.
2a) Wheels: The circular frames that touch the ground floor and are mainly responsible for cars ability to move forward. The wheels come in pairs and connect to the floor of the toy car. The rear wheels have a gear mechanism that rotates the rear wheels into motion when cranked into position. 
3a) Bottom bumper: Used in real cars for protection in collisions, it is used in the toy car to give it depth. Attached to the front portion of the floor of the toy car, 
4a) Frame: The front of the frame has three different moments, two identical contours on the sides, and a main contour in the middle; these contours create two dips into the front frame, and could have been designed to separate wind velocity when at great speeds. The frame of the toy car encloses the car as a whole and attaches to the floor of the toy car. 
5a) Window shield: Made in order to stop road debris and wind from disturbing the driver. It attaches to the bottom of the frame of the toy car. 
6a) Interior seats: Made to seat the driver and a passenger, really just a hard plastic mold of a two-seated race car. It also attaches to the bottom of the frame of the toy car, but only after the window is positioned. 
7a) Rear wings: Two wings located on the rear sides of the toy car, used for speed performance, it can help cut through wind. 
The car, just as the toy replica, is defined by its exterior shape, designed in a sleek contoured fashion used to cut through space in order to contain its fast speeds.
Kinetic Qualities:
The shape of the toy car (being long, sleek, slender, and low to the ground) is meant for a speedy forwarding motion. The real Car, not the toy; also has motion which is used as transportation.
Tectonic Values: (see Diagram B below)
1b) Rotating Component:
The wheels, if not for this structure the object would be stagnant.
2b) Enclosing Membrane:
The floor, the frame, the bumper, and the window shield come together
to create the enclosing membrane. This enclosing membrane is used to
protect the people and interior components of the car.
3b) Interior:
The interior seats hold two people and also enclose and protect
certain vital components inside the car.
4b) Aerodynamic structure:
The back wings and streamline shape of the frame is what gives the car
its ability to transcend great speeds. It is the aerodynamic structure of the
car and is responsible for reducing the wind-drag of the car.
Diagram B
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