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- Mon Aug 31, 2020 3:56 pm
- Forum: General Coordinator Topics
- Topic: How to Still Run Your Race This Year
- Replies: 8
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Re: How to Still Run Your Race This Year
Speedster, we have purchased a BestTrack from Awana about 5 years ago. https://www.awana.org/product/awana-grand-prix-track/ Darin, We had completed our main build workshop back in January. Somewhere on Derby talk, I discuss how our to improve our event's build help. Unfortunately this year due to m...
- Tue Aug 25, 2020 9:44 am
- Forum: General Coordinator Topics
- Topic: How to Still Run Your Race This Year
- Replies: 8
- Views: 8324
Re: How to Still Run Your Race This Year
We finally ran our much delayed Grand Prix on Thursday evening. Here were the key Covid19 precautions taken: 1. Race was outdoors. 2. Boys and Girls events scheduled sequentially, so no more than 50 in attendance at a time. 3. Food limited to single serve packages of water and chips. Unfortunately w...
- Thu Apr 09, 2020 2:41 pm
- Forum: General Coordinator Topics
- Topic: How to Still Run Your Race This Year
- Replies: 8
- Views: 8324
Re: How to Still Run Your Race This Year
Probably safest to have people sign up for drop-off time slots. I am thinking of two distant tables outside and time to disinfect tools between use. I am already on board with only event staff (my family) entering the building. Historically about 50% of cars pass first time and could drive thru. 30 ...
- Wed Apr 08, 2020 9:22 pm
- Forum: General Coordinator Topics
- Topic: How to Still Run Your Race This Year
- Replies: 8
- Views: 8324
Re: How to Still Run Your Race This Year
Been thinking through these questions. Our race was postponed at the last minute in Mid March. Our Awana commander's initial thought is to run the race in mid summer when presumably families will be able to participate in person. My current thinking is to run a live stream oriented event in May. Cur...
- Thu Mar 19, 2020 9:44 am
- Forum: General Coordinator Topics
- Topic: Night-before build day
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6447
Re: Night-before build day
A night before build day would be a very different type of event than our Grand Prix tradition. In my case I am looking to add build help the night before; we already have a cut out date weeks before the event and a pit crew for an hour before the event. Looking to provide additional help with a lim...
- Sat Mar 14, 2020 6:11 pm
- Forum: General Coordinator Topics
- Topic: Night-before build day
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6447
Re: Night-before build day
My main goal would be to get more families to participate. Families on the margin don't want to spend $100+ nor spend weeks learning to build a highly competitive car. Last year we had one family cutout cars the night before, paint overnight, and race the next day. However, this case required a lot ...
- Sat Mar 14, 2020 11:01 am
- Forum: General Coordinator Topics
- Topic: Night-before build day
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6447
Night-before build day
Due to COVID-19, will need to reschedule our Awana Grand Prix. Historically we have held our only build day on a Saturday morning 3 or 4 weeks prior to the Friday night race. When we reschedule, Looking to add a build day the night before the race. This is in hopes of getting a few more families to ...
- Mon Feb 03, 2020 4:21 pm
- Forum: Software
- Topic: GPRM & RR: Hardware & Setup Questions
- Replies: 6
- Views: 7581
Re: GPRM & RR: Hardware & Setup Questions
I have used RaceReplay v5.0 for the last three years on a Windows laptop and had some similar issues and some advise. I am using a i5-6200U @2.3GHz with 8GB of RAM. My camera is a MS LifeCam Cinema. My setup seems to work well enough when the race moves along, running a race every minute or quicker....
- Tue Nov 19, 2019 2:59 pm
- Forum: Commercial
- Topic: Commercial Track Purchase
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4562
Re: Commercial Track Purchase
Hi, I have been running the Grand Prix for our church for six years with about 25 kids participating each year. We are happy with the purchase of the track from Awana. I would NOT recommend getting a longer track, as some of our cars struggle to finish the 35' distance. We got one of the last RaceMa...
- Wed Aug 07, 2019 3:56 pm
- Forum: General Topics
- Topic: Tips for winning the SLOWest Car?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 13163
Re: Tips for winning the SLOWest Car?
Whether you can do something like that depends on the rules of your derby, and what is allowed for its "Slowest Car" competition. A fly wheel might be considered an illegal power source. Adding weight to wheels might be an illegal modification of kit supplied wheels. But I haven't seen rules target...
- Fri Mar 22, 2019 9:42 am
- Forum: General Topics
- Topic: Tips for winning the SLOWest Car?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 13163
Re: Tips for winning the SLOWest Car?
My suggestion would be having four heavy wheels in contact with the track, e.g. fill them with tungsten puddy. The idea could be taken even further by gearing to a flywheel. The main idea being to convert the potential energy into angular momentum to reduce speed. Many of the other suggestions to re...
- Tue Jan 22, 2019 10:00 am
- Forum: Car & Semi-Truck Construction
- Topic: Hello brand new here.
- Replies: 122
- Views: 71997
Re: Hello brand new here.
Top tips for speed. 1. Maximize potential energy with as much weight as is allowable, typically 5.0049999 oz. Here are some products that help get the maximum weight in the right place. https://www.maximum-velocity.com/product/adjustable-tungsten-round-3-2-to-3-5-ounces/ https://www.maximum-velocity...
- Sun Jan 20, 2019 3:15 pm
- Forum: Commercial
- Topic: RaceMaster Timer shows 012 345 678 9Ab
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4016
Re: RaceMaster Timer shows 012 345 678 9Ab
Randy,
Thanks for checking and the advice provided.
A friend help me diagnose and repair my problem, so this system is ready to go.
Cause of this issue was with the reset switch connector getting pinched and shorting out this switch.
Thanks for checking and the advice provided.
A friend help me diagnose and repair my problem, so this system is ready to go.
Cause of this issue was with the reset switch connector getting pinched and shorting out this switch.
- Thu Jan 17, 2019 9:31 pm
- Forum: New Directions
- Topic: The TRANSPONDER now available for ALL tracks
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7232
Re: The TRANSPONDER now available for ALL tracks
Anyone from the community using the Transpondor? My timer system is down, so I need a replacement. Reviewing the commercial options online, I am inclined toward this system if it is reliable. I would rather not need to buy another system for a while. Since we use RaceReplay, I think the quality of t...
- Wed Jan 16, 2019 9:43 pm
- Forum: Commercial
- Topic: RaceMaster Timer shows 012 345 678 9Ab
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4016
RaceMaster Timer shows 012 345 678 9Ab
I unpacked our 4 year old RaceMaster Timer system and find that it will not reset properly. On power up, the display briefly indicates the lane numbers. Then the display gets stuck showing: 012 345 678 9Ab Neither the reset switch, the start switch, nor a GPRM reset will get the board to reset or ch...