When making a balloon-powered car, it is typically designed to be unbalanced. The force of the escaping air from the balloon propels the car forward, creating an imbalance in forces that moves the car. This unbalance allows the car to move in the desired direction.
Gravity affects a balloon-powered car by providing the force needed to overcome friction and air resistance, allowing the car to move forward. When the balloon is inflated and the car is released, the potential energy stored in the balloon is converted into kinetic energy as the escaping air propels the car forward.
Friction
Increasing pressure in the balloon will result in more air being forced out of the balloon, propelling the car forward with greater force. Conversely, decreasing pressure will reduce the force pushing the car forward. Optimal pressure will need to be determined through experimentation to achieve the best performance of the balloon-powered car.
A balloon powered car is moves because the balloon pushes out air. Whenever something exerts a force on something else (in other words, the balloon is exerting force on the air), then the object being pushed always exerts an equal and opposite reaction force on the object exerting force on it (in other words, the air exerts force on the balloon). Because the balloon is attached to the car, when the balloon is pushed by the air, the car is pushed. The law that for every force there is an equal and opposite reaction force is Newton's Third Law of Motion.
If the car is lighter, Then the balloon powered car will go further.
A Cool Balloon Powered Mini Car works by attaching a blown-up balloon to the car's body, allowing the air to escape and propel the car forward as it deflates. The air escaping the balloon creates a thrust force that pushes the car in the opposite direction, causing it to move.
There was no ballon powered car.
Balloon powered cars utilize potential energy stored in the balloon as it is inflated. When released, this potential energy is converted into kinetic energy that propels the car forward. Friction and air resistance also play a role in the energy transfer process.
Friction between the wheels and the surface it is moving on causes a balloon powered car to stop. As the wheels turn and the car moves, friction gradually slows down the car until it eventually comes to a stop.
The main forces acting on a balloon car are the thrust force generated by the air escaping from the balloon, the friction force between the wheels and the surface, and air resistance. The thrust force propels the car forward, while friction helps transfer this force to the ground and air resistance acts against the car's motion. Additional forces may include gravity and normal force.
It is a toy car built from Lego's and it is balloon powered.