| Positives | Negatives |
| We could make the race any length we wanted (within the restrictions of the project) | Fishing line slippage: Continual use of the game would loosen our fishing line, which would put it at risk for slipping on the wooden wheels. |
| The system was simple, and easy to mock up/prototype | When the cars reached the middle of the race, the fishing line would become looser. To fix this, we supported the middle of the racetrack with some blocks, and added some supportive rods to keep the fishing line at equal tightness throughout the race. |
| The motor shaft connection to the wheel was a large gear reduction, made very simply |
Stalling of the motors: This happened when the fishing line became too tight. Much of the problem was caused by imperfections of the wooden wheel’s surface |
| Tags could be attached to the line “under the hood” to trip opto-interrupters, which would represent the starting and finishing lines |
Method was chosen