Dowling Magnets Science Discovery Kit: Magnet Levitation, Magnetic Levitation Train Kit (Science Experiments). Item 731100

Used for a maglev science project. Easy instructions. Fun to build with my 10 year old!

Calidad, funcionalidad, practicidad, facilidad.

The idea and the concept behind the Magnets Science Discovery Kit are worthwhile exploring and potentially fun to play with. The major disappointment is the assembly part if one wants to entertain the idea of putting together the MAGLEV. The plastic corners, being 3 on each side, need to be closely aligned and properly spaced to allow for the train to move unhindered, which is a major problem. They need to be glued and aligned on the wood pieces, which also need to be aligned. These plastic corners also tend to bend and warp. A problem that could have been easily solved if, instead of 6 short corner pieces (3 for each side), the kit would include instead 2 long ones. You can mess up things with the glue quite easily since the magnetic strips also need to be glued on the train track which is made out of 4 pieces of wood. If these are not aligned (or stay aligned while mounting the rest), the all thing becomes a huge glue puddle trying to adjust all the pieces in position.

Kit saved my life lol Had a catastrophic failure on the homemade one me & my daughter constructed. Had to order this one 2days before the project was due, got her an A so it gets 5 stars from me! Haha

I was having challenges collecting the contents needed for the science project for my son and I found this kit. Everything I needed was in this box. The only thing I replaced was the multiple plastic strips and I bought one long strip from ACE hardware store to replace them. We were able to glide the train smoothly on the tracks.

Got this for my kids science project. Had to get some additional items to finish project. Wish they included everything that's needed. Two sided tape and little stronger magnets would have been helpful. Gave 4 star as it needed additional items to finish project.

I'm sure with machine tool precision, this kit would work, but here are the flaws that most people would would face trying to get this thing to work at home: the magnetic strips will not stay straight, since it is packaged all curled up. So good luck trying to run glue along the whole length of the "tracks" to get this to be absolutely straight. You need to have extreme precision to line up the magnets on the "train" and the "tracks." If it is even 1mm off, it will not work and just frustratingly stick on the tracks rather than floating on top. I cannot fathom someone getting this to work without some precision tools to line up the tracks and the train ever so perfectly to have the train actually levitate. I measured everything out with a ruler to have it line up, but given the warped tracks, it is pretty much impossible. So I would advise not buying - you will spend hours trying to line everything up on a trial and error basis and end up tossing it since it doesn't work.

Had a blast putting this together with my daughter. She pretty much did it all on her own. The plastic track was a tad bent, and the train was getting stuck so I helped bend it out. Worked great afterwords though. She got an A+