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- Mon Apr 20, 2009 12:31 pm
- Forum: Car & Semi-Truck Construction
- Topic: What does your block weigh?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6539
Re: What does your block weigh?
I think below 10 grams you start getting to the point of diminishing returns and start increasing the risk of failure (breakage). We've successfully pushed it down below 8 grams and I've heard some people have been down in the 6 gram area. The question is how much do you gain when you get below 10 g...
- Mon Apr 20, 2009 9:29 am
- Forum: Car & Semi-Truck Construction
- Topic: What does your block weigh?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6539
Re: What does your block weigh?
Depending on the design you should be able to get it under 10 grams (0.35 oz). You have to think about where you can remove wood to survive the stopping section.
- Mon Apr 06, 2009 3:07 pm
- Forum: Scheduling Methods
- Topic: What type of scheduling?
- Replies: 78
- Views: 99185
Re: What type of scheduling?
Stan, Please identify what the equipment malfunctions are and how to avoid them.Both were due to equipment malfunctions which were not recognized until after the racing was over and the participants gone.
- Thu Apr 02, 2009 12:02 pm
- Forum: Car & Semi-Truck Construction
- Topic: Ride ON rail?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 12987
Re: Ride ON rail?
One of the potential problems may be the stop section. I think if the wheel spacing is narrow enough to ride on the rails wouldn't the standard stop section (like on a besttrack) not work at slowing the car down? I think it would ride on the stop strip or worse half of the car may slip down between ...
- Thu Apr 02, 2009 7:30 am
- Forum: Car & Semi-Truck Construction
- Topic: Weight in the Running Boards
- Replies: 26
- Views: 19537
Re: Weight in the Running Boards
Those are some interesting axles in the last set of pictures.
- Tue Mar 31, 2009 7:41 am
- Forum: Car & Semi-Truck Photos
- Topic: Outlaw Race
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3409
Outlaw Race
This year's Outlaw race....The car won (easily). We had a 7oz weight limit. The wheels are standard BSA wheels that I modified down to around 1 gram each. I think next year I can go under one gram. The car body was around 8 grams before paint.
- Tue Mar 31, 2009 7:01 am
- Forum: General Car/Truck Racer Topics
- Topic: Junk on the wheels
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8894
Re: Junk on the wheels
How exactly do you clean the wheels after a race and before the next. Do you remove the wheel and clean or simply rub the wheel clean while it is on the car?
- Thu Mar 26, 2009 11:42 am
- Forum: Software
- Topic: GPRM Questions
- Replies: 5
- Views: 7801
Re: GPRM Questions
I don't think it is a software issue here. If there's an easier way, I would like to know for next year. I'm not trying to be overly critical but for next year please make sure the rules are clear and train the inspection team. This is how to avoid the same thing from happening next year. The guy at...
- Thu Mar 26, 2009 11:34 am
- Forum: Software
- Topic: GPRM Questions
- Replies: 5
- Views: 7801
Re: GPRM Questions
I like the suggestion you made about current standing.....Randy..... Can you add something to GPRM that would show current standings. Maybe something like what the network TV's show during a NASCAR qualification. The slider thing on the bottom of the screen with car number(s) pointing to where they ...
- Wed Mar 18, 2009 7:01 am
- Forum: General Car/Truck Racer Topics
- Topic: What are the odds?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 16966
Re: What are the odds?
We had a similar experience. My son won the pack as a Tiger and went on and was third in the district. I'm still amazed - the car had a lot of things wrong with it (a wobbly wheel, it was cut the wrong way, had way too much wood, etc...) This was before we found DT and Stan's book. Both my son and I...
- Wed Mar 18, 2009 6:41 am
- Forum: General Coordinator Topics
- Topic: Excluding Tigers from competing for Pack Champion?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 10511
Re: Excluding Tigers from competing for Pack Champion?
I have to agree with the other people on this topic. Tigers should be included. What first grader wouldn't love to get a trophy. Getting away from PWD for a moment....What rank sells the most popcorn? What rank is the most excited about scouts? What rank does the most boy to boy recruiting? What ran...
- Mon Mar 16, 2009 4:29 pm
- Forum: General Car/Truck Racer Topics
- Topic: Sound question
- Replies: 11
- Views: 9483
Re: Sound question
I'm confused...How can you tell that the car sounded different if it was running with other cars on the track at the same time? How many lanes did your track have?
It could be that the car was hollo and had very thin sections of wood that might cause the car to sound different.
It could be that the car was hollo and had very thin sections of wood that might cause the car to sound different.
- Tue Mar 10, 2009 11:20 am
- Forum: General Coordinator Topics
- Topic: BSA vs. Pine Pro
- Replies: 21
- Views: 22800
Re: BSA vs. Pine Pro
Do the scouts in your pack have to go out and purchase their own car kits? If so then this could be part of the problem. What we do is purchase the cars and sell them to the boys. This is also a big convenience to the parents since the scout store is almost an hour away. I've had a couple of parent...
- Fri Feb 20, 2009 4:37 am
- Forum: Car & Semi-Truck Construction
- Topic: Weight placement question
- Replies: 26
- Views: 17439
Re: Weight placement question
Now we're getting close.... Consider a spherical weight shape. A dense spherical weight shape will minimize the energy loss when the car changes vector(s). But I also belive it is good to have the weight low to increase stability....."Consider a spherical pinewood derby car...."
- Thu Feb 19, 2009 12:07 pm
- Forum: Car & Semi-Truck Photos
- Topic: Our first cars----Wii Finished!
- Replies: 14
- Views: 18136
Re: Our first cars----Wii Finished!
The Wii is great !!! I'm sure it will be a crowd pleaser.
Did you print the labels yourself? Did you use clear labels and cut them to size?
Did you print the labels yourself? Did you use clear labels and cut them to size?