Hey Grandad, can you make a small Solar Powered car? PART #2
4,279 views · Published 6 August 2014 · 3:04 · Indexed 23 October 2026
Channel: GrandadIsAnOldMan · 2014 · Science & Technology
The sun came out today, for a while, so I tested that small solar powered car I made yesterday. It only really worked in the strongest sunlight so I swapped the solar panel for a larger one and the performance improved dramatically. Here is PART 1 for the build https://youtu.be/MZd5EZdnmfE Main components - Parts from small 'pull back' toy cars Small solar panel from garden light or Solar panel from Fluttering Butterfly Solar Garden Ornament Small electric motor from vibrating toothbrush Main Tools - Hot Glue Gun Soldering Iron Craft knife Drill Filmed using FujiFilm FinePix S4800 Edited using Serif MoviePlus Starter Edition Related playlists Solar Powered Cars https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA5a2xPRSrB0fR-1ICd0dtNaxxbtS06G9 Electric Toy Cars playlist https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA5a2xPRSrB0yTUYmJSS3ML5xxaBzHl3e Solar Power playlist https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA5a2xPRSrB1SVLRn_D16dRvTrocMhFPq My Channels GrandadIsAnOldMan https://bit.ly/2T3x6RX GrandadsOtherChannel https://bit.ly/2yW5uYb Put a rubber band on it https://bit.ly/2T3OF4j Number4 https://bit.ly/3cG4fuZ You can help keep my channel running with coffee and cakes at Patreon https://bit.ly/35XFasL If you don't like Patreon, you use Kofi instead https://bit.ly/3dNusI9 Merchandise on RedBubble https://rdbl.co/2yJv56H Merchandise on Cotton Cart https://bit.ly/2xZymOP Merchandise on Teespring https://bit.ly/2Zby02T Twitter https://bit.ly/3fMUgFN FaceBook https://bit.ly/3csbruk Pinterest https://bit.ly/2WTuuXP Instagram https://bit.ly/2WPLa2F Thingiverse https://bit.ly/35WfSem Tinkercad https://bit.ly/2WUrM4q Oldest videos https://bit.ly/2Z4RBl1 Most Popular https://bit.ly/3cx0lUP Newest videos https://bit.ly/2T3TryJ Playlists https://bit.ly/3dI9mdV I have thousands of videos on YouTube, to find one try my search guides https://youtu.be/ceBSOoOHcgw or https://youtu.be/Zj4UgwkwYRk I am happy for you to show my content as part of your own projects or in public settings, as long as you clearly credit GrandadIsAnOldMan. Do not copy my video content and pass it off as your own. #GrandadIsAnOldMan #GrandadsOtherChannel #Putarubberbandonit #Number4