This guide continues the process of guiding students not only in designing and building an excellent dragster but also in understanding the science and technology principles that make this happen.

Production and Fine Tuning delves into the importance of carefully aligned axles, quality paint finishes, and more topics that go beyond shaping and basic construction. Some of the principles explored are:

Alignment and drift
Rolling and sliding friction
Aerodynamic drag
Specifications and trade-offs

Improve your CO2 dragster program with the Scout 2.0, designed to measure frontal drag on CO2 dragsters. This new version of the wind tunnel has a modular motor controller for improved performance, a backlit LED display, USB port compatibility, and updated software for current operating systems. 

Use these lightweight, naturally slick nylon washers to try to get that little bit of extra speed from your dragsters. 1/8" inside diameter.

Sometimes, aerodynamic concepts can be tricky to teach. The FLO Visualization Tunnel enables you to visually demonstrate aerodynamics with a compact desk-size wind tunnel perfect for classroom use!

Studica is the exclusive educational distributor of the safest, most reliable, and most consistent 4-gram and 8-gram CO₂ cartridges for launching dragsters.

Consistent quality ensures the fairest races. Also, each of these cartridges features a patented safety seal that guards against rupture when exposed to excessive heat. This seal automatically releases excess pressure if the internal pressure rises due to the cartridge being heated or pressurized.

Students use this kit to complete an exciting vehicle design project that culminates in a race competition, much like the Metric Dragster activity. Wide body blanks (3" x 3" x 12") allow for car designs that are closer to production-car proportions. More emphasis can be placed on car styling and learning the industrial design process than on car performance. The activity can be a follow-up to a clay car design project (clay materials and tools sold separately). Realistic wheels have removable hubs that can be painted. Kit includes predrilled balsa wood body blank, CO2 cartridge, long axles, four wheels, four brass washers, screw eyes, sandpaper, straw for axle tubes, and instructions. Requires a drill, coping saw, wood file or rasp, finish, and a race system, sold separately.

A unique reinterpretation of the CO₂ dragster, these kits remove the need for power or cutting tools of any kind. Just assemble the dragsters from the laser-cut basswood parts and then glue, finish as desired, and launch!

EZ Build Dragsters are durable – they handle the same racing conditions as standard dragsters. And they provide a powerful activity for demonstrating force, motion, speed, friction, and acceleration.

EZ Build Dragsters launch on any standard CO₂ race system with 4- or 8-gram cartridges and are available in four models – Zip, Zap, Zoom, and Zing – and a class pack that includes 32 complete kits.

Screwdriver and white glue required for assembly.

A unique reinterpretation of the CO₂ dragster, these kits remove the need for power or cutting tools of any kind. Just assemble the dragsters from the laser-cut basswood parts and then glue, finish as desired, and launch!

EZ Build Dragsters are durable – they handle the same racing conditions as standard dragsters. And they provide a powerful activity for demonstrating force, motion, speed, friction, and acceleration.

EZ Build Dragsters launch on any standard CO₂ race system with 4- or 8-gram cartridges and are available in four models – Zip, Zap, Zoom, and Zing – and a class pack that includes 32 complete kits.

Screwdriver and white glue required for assembly.

A unique reinterpretation of the CO₂ dragster, these kits remove the need for power or cutting tools of any kind. Just assemble the dragsters from the laser-cut basswood parts and then glue, finish as desired, and launch!

EZ Build Dragsters are durable – they handle the same racing conditions as standard dragsters. And they provide a powerful activity for demonstrating force, motion, speed, friction, and acceleration.

EZ Build Dragsters launch on any standard CO₂ race system with 4- or 8-gram cartridges and are available in four models – Zip, Zap, Zoom, and Zing – and a class pack that includes 32 complete kits.

Screwdriver and white glue required for assembly.

A unique reinterpretation of the CO₂ dragster, these kits remove the need for power or cutting tools of any kind. Just assemble the dragsters from the laser-cut basswood parts and then glue, finish as desired, and launch!

EZ Build Dragsters are durable – they handle the same racing conditions as standard dragsters. And they provide a powerful activity for demonstrating force, motion, speed, friction, and acceleration.

EZ Build Dragsters launch on any standard CO₂ race system with 4- or 8-gram cartridges and are available in four models – Zip, Zap, Zoom, and Zing – and a class pack that includes 32 complete kits.

Screwdriver and white glue required for assembly.

A unique reinterpretation of the CO₂ dragster, these kits remove the need for power or cutting tools of any kind. Just assemble the dragsters from the laser-cut basswood parts and then glue, finish as desired, and launch!

EZ Build Dragsters are durable – they handle the same racing conditions as standard dragsters. And they provide a powerful activity for demonstrating force, motion, speed, friction, and acceleration.

EZ Build Dragsters launch on any standard CO₂ race system with 4- or 8-gram cartridges and are available in four models – Zip, Zap, Zoom, and Zing – and a class pack that includes 32 complete kits.

Screwdriver and white glue required for assembly.

Bring thrill to your classroom or competition with CO₂ dragsters! Dragsters are an exciting method to teach the design process. Students design a prototype and then produce an actual CO₂-powered dragster and race it!

Kits and packs are available in Fusion, balsa wood, and basswood. All three blanks are officially approved by the Technology Student Association (TSA) for use in CO₂ dragster competition!

Storage boxes are included in single kits but are sold separately for 50-packs.

Our illustrated, self-directed student workbook holds the students’ attention as they learn step-by-step automotive-design processes, incorporating both English and Metric measurement. The CO₂ Dragster User Guide is available for print here, or you can download a digital copy for free here.

NOTE: This kit is a replacement of the Metric and LSRAV Dragster packs.

Bring thrill to your classroom or competition with CO₂ dragsters! Dragsters are an exciting method to teach the design process. Students design a prototype and then produce an actual CO₂-powered dragster and race it!

Kits and packs are available in Fusion, balsa wood, and basswood. All three blanks are officially approved by the Technology Student Association (TSA) for use in CO₂ dragster competition!

Storage boxes are included in single kits but are sold separately for 50-packs.

Our illustrated, self-directed student workbook holds the students’ attention as they learn step-by-step automotive-design processes, incorporating both English and Metric measurement. The CO₂ Dragster User Guide is available for print here, or you can download a digital copy for free here.

NOTE: This kit is a replacement of the Metric and LSRAV Dragster packs.

Bring thrill to your classroom or competition with CO₂ dragsters! Dragsters are an exciting method to teach the design process. Students design a prototype and then produce an actual CO₂-powered dragster and race it!

Kits and packs are available in Fusion, balsa wood, and basswood. All three blanks are officially approved by the Technology Student Association (TSA) for use in CO₂ dragster competition!

Storage boxes are included in single kits but are sold separately for 50-packs.

Our illustrated, self-directed student workbook holds the students’ attention as they learn step-by-step automotive-design processes, incorporating both English and Metric measurement. The CO₂ Dragster User Guide is available for print here, or you can download a digital copy for free here.

NOTE: This kit is a replacement of the Metric and LSRAV Dragster packs.

Power tool deficiency? Don’t worry about it! Now, even a CO₂ dragster activity is possible without heavy-duty power tools. Pitsco does all the drilling and band saw work for you with the precut dragster blanks. Just use coping saws and sandpaper to fine-tune the basswood dragster’s shape, finish it as desired, and start the races.

Each basswood blank includes two car bodies rough cut to the Sportster shape – the car bodies break apart easily. Predrilled axle and cartridge holes enable students to concentrate on adding fine details and reducing the weight to increase style and performance. Requires wheels, axles, bushings, finish, and a race system, sold separately.

Note: These axle holes are drilled to use the Ultimate Axle Bushings, sold separately.

The standard in basswood body blanks for the CO2 cars that Pitsco manufactures. Predrilled hole for a CO2 cartridge is precisely drilled every time. Choose basswood for a durable car.