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- Sun Jan 17, 2010 11:10 pm
- Forum: Car & Semi-Truck Construction
- Topic: Can I run the "Pine Car" wheels right out of the bag?
- Replies: 5
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Can I run the "Pine Car" wheels right out of the bag?
I bought this: http://www.pinewoodpro.com/p/091388.html" target="_blank I was about to start polishing, but when I took a close look at them, they look pretty darn good right out of the package. I polished one for fun, but honestly, I didn't see much of a difference...maybe a little worse ...
- Thu Apr 23, 2009 10:15 pm
- Forum: General Topics
- Topic: Sibling racing - liability
- Replies: 7
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Re: Sibling racing - liability
The race is May 3rd. We moved it to the American Legion parking lot due to our tire issue. They have a nice sealed parking lot that's a lot smoother. So that should bring us in closer to the 125 foot mark. We have 125 people attending so far. 50 scouts, 25 siblings and 50 parents. We plan on selling...
- Thu Apr 23, 2009 10:09 pm
- Forum: Photos
- Topic: Our ramp almost done
- Replies: 2
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Re: Our ramp almost done
Yeah, I'm sure we'll add something in between the cars. We're gonna borrow the concrete parking barriers from the parking lot to use as the center divider with safety cones on each side of the track. And yes, that is carpeting.
- Mon Mar 23, 2009 10:44 pm
- Forum: Photos
- Topic: Our ramp almost done
- Replies: 2
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Our ramp almost done
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- Mon Mar 16, 2009 6:51 pm
- Forum: Construction
- Topic: Do not buy cheap wheels - whatever you do.
- Replies: 1
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Do not buy cheap wheels - whatever you do.
We bought wheels on harbor freight - 56 of them to be exact to build 13 cars for our first ever cubmobile race. They seemed liked they'd be "good enough". Come to find out, the bearings are so terrible that the cars won't even roll down hill. They wobble pretty bad too. They were $3.49 eac...
- Thu Mar 12, 2009 7:00 pm
- Forum: Construction
- Topic: Cubmobile won't roll...
- Replies: 5
- Views: 13381
Re: Cubmobile won't roll...
So after you flush them are you re-lubing them some how?
- Thu Mar 12, 2009 4:55 pm
- Forum: Construction
- Topic: Cubmobile won't roll...
- Replies: 5
- Views: 13381
Re: Cubmobile won't roll...
Yeah, were not using the entire 1000'. How in the world are you getting 3 min spin times? We're getting 3 second spin times. The wheels weigh 10lbs each. Maybe that has something to do with it? We tried using the bearing, but there seemed to be more friction using them than not. Did you remove the b...
- Thu Mar 12, 2009 10:28 am
- Forum: Construction
- Topic: Cubmobile won't roll...
- Replies: 5
- Views: 13381
Cubmobile won't roll...
Heres a link to the cubmobiles we're building... (sorry its so big) http://www.easy-share.com/1903998905/Microsoft%20Word%20-%20Cubmobile%20Assembly%20Instructions.pdf We took it out to the hill we're gonna use, 1000 feet at 3% grade. Were not using the entire 1000 feet btw. Anyway...we put the car ...
- Sun Feb 01, 2009 9:52 pm
- Forum: General Topics
- Topic: Sibling racing - liability
- Replies: 7
- Views: 15563
Re: Sibling racing - liability
Yeah, I'd like to get as much of the family involved as possible. Our 6y/o daughter's tired of going to her big brothers activities and sitting there bored all day. For those of you not aware, we're doing this a little different than most others. We have 85 boys in our pack and each den is building ...
- Sun Feb 01, 2009 9:25 pm
- Forum: General Topics
- Topic: Sibling racing - liability
- Replies: 7
- Views: 15563
Re: Sibling racing - liability
Were holding a cubmobile race, outside, down a hill.
If the boys get hurt, our insurance covers us. If the siblings get hurt (racing the cars) it doesn't.
If the boys get hurt, our insurance covers us. If the siblings get hurt (racing the cars) it doesn't.
- Sun Feb 01, 2009 8:55 pm
- Forum: General Topics
- Topic: Sibling racing - liability
- Replies: 7
- Views: 15563
Sibling racing - liability
We'd like to let siblings (non-scouts) race. There was some concern about liability though since our insurance doesn't cover them. Has anyone come up with a liability release that would prevent us from being sued? Any thoughts on this?
Thanks in advance!
Thanks in advance!
- Sun Jan 18, 2009 3:08 pm
- Forum: General Topics
- Topic: Need help with running our first cubmobile race.
- Replies: 1
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Need help with running our first cubmobile race.
I'm the committee chair for our first cubmobile race. We running 11 cars (one from each den) in the morning (each boy runs the car twice and we average the time for the den), and opening up the race to boys that want to build their own cars in the afternoon. We have 85 boys in the pack. I'm trying t...
- Fri Nov 21, 2008 10:14 pm
- Forum: Construction
- Topic: Wooden Dowels for Axles?
- Replies: 5
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Re: Wooden Dowels for Axles?
Good point.
I'm sure it wouldn't take much of a curb incident to smash these up pretty good.
I'm sure it wouldn't take much of a curb incident to smash these up pretty good.
- Thu Nov 20, 2008 11:19 pm
- Forum: Construction
- Topic: Wooden Dowels for Axles?
- Replies: 5
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Re: Wooden Dowels for Axles?
Thanks. For the mock up I just drilled small holes across the end of dowels and used nails to hold them on. I'd upgrade to a clevis pin if we went with that setup in the race. A simple screw is holding the other end into the car, drilled from above, through the 2x4 and dowel. If these did split or b...
- Thu Nov 20, 2008 9:38 pm
- Forum: Construction
- Topic: Wooden Dowels for Axles?
- Replies: 5
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Wooden Dowels for Axles?
We are building 12 cubmobiles for our pack. We ordered wheels with a 5/8" bearing and soon realized that any material suitable for axles in that size was big money. So I was building a mock up, and not wanting to spend big money just for the mock up I decided to use 5/8" wooden dowels sunk...