Derby Talk

Eagle wrote: ↑

Tue Apr 14, 2020 11:07 am

Speedster, I believe all the timers show elapsed time. You only need computer, cable, ... if you are wanting to run race management software.

A valid question. Some timers only show finish order with either a numeral display or different flashing rate of LEDs.

Please keep us updated on how things go. I pray that it goes will.

Pull up your image in Imgur. Click on the Copy button for the BBCode. This will copy the information into your computer's clipboard. Then paste (Ctrl+V) it into your forum post. It will look like this in your post, before you hit the Submit button, [img]https://i.imgur.com/Xv864Bq.png[/img] And will...

Here's an addition:

Pinewood Derby Racing - http://pinewoodderbyracing.com/

and a National Championship race run by the same league - http://www.pinewoodderbychampionships.com/

Try this video:


https://youtu.be/U-WUK7EM1fk

With the Corona Virus pandemic making meeting together for special events inadvisable, has anyone looked into live streaming their Pinewood Derby type race? We had one of our software customers asking us about that type of race. Basically, holding the race with the audience online only. Just a minim...

Very nice trophies!

I was going to be running a couple of Awana races this month. For now, they are being postponed until April. I rather expect more races to be cancelled or postponed. Certainly won't help our business, as March is still part of our busy season. Lots of people are going to be financially hit by all of...

Maybe Randy has some insight as to X number of cars = X number of minutes to conduct a race. Depends heavily on how well the race crew is organized, scheduling method used and the number of lanes on the track. Could be as fast as under 45 seconds per heat or more than 2 minutes per heat. Here's som...

Cool idea Randy! Another alternative for some inexpensive weights.. May be to use 3/8" steel round rod that can be cut to size and found in most hard ware stores as well. https://www.homedepot.com/p/3-8-in-x-36-in-Plain-Steel-Round-Rod-802447/204273959 That's a possibility, but cutting it up could ...

Looks nice. I like how you are keeping everything together (scale, car inspection box, timer).

Though, I would ditch the laser start sensor system. Too problematic. See viewtopic.php?p=53672#p53672. Use the mechanical switch instead. Much more dependable.

I found out awhile back that Harbor Freight has some weights that are inexpensive and easy to add to a derby car. I found these in my local HF. These are the same type of weights that we used for the Ford Fast Track racing series for Girl Scouts and worked beautifully. These weights are normally use...

Randy, I do that a lot so I don't knock someones Really important thing off a very popular topic. Tungsten is not as important as Eagles Grand Prix race. I'm on Derbytalk a minimum 3 times a day, year around. I scroll down every Topic and the date will jump out at me so I think I never miss anythin...

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I've had to move a bunch of threads out of this forum to other applicable forums. This forum is intended for topics not related to derbies, regattas or cubmobile races. Make sure you are posting to the proper forum.