Derby Talk

We won our class in district, car is still undefeated. Averaged 3.0122 @ 208.25. They said there wasnt any races above district, is that true? Only complaint I had and about 85% of the others was the metal box they checked length with was inaccurate. They were saying almost all the cars were to long...

After a couple hours of messing with it and pulling axles I finally got it sit on all 4. Wow what a pain.

http://david-crockett.shac.org/pinewood-derby c. Wheels and Axles The only wheels and axles allowed are authorized BSA wheels and axles. The colored wheels available from BSA are allowed. Wheel bearings, spacers, washers, or bushings are prohibited. The car shall not ride on any type of springs. Th...

I made the mistake of messing with the car before district, now I cant get all 4 wheels to touch. I can slide a piece of paper under the wheel and it touches. Is that good enough or how strict is the 4 wheel must touch at district?

How to get all the wheels to touch without comprising the car?

Nope, just a dad who watched a few videos online.

I tried to square up the rear wheels, then angled one front wheel to make it pull over to the right one inch over 5ft. Its still on 4 wheels per BSA rules. The rear wheels rubs once the front moves over and touches. I'll try to get pics tonight.

This was my first time building cars with my boys. Both went undefeated (youngest ran in open) and the one in scouts is going to district. This was on a 2 lane wood track with no timing system. He beat every car by several lengths except one which he beat by a length. We built these pretty quickly (...