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- Fri Apr 12, 2019 1:19 pm
- Forum: General Car/Truck Racer Topics
- Topic: Non-tungsten, non-toxic car
- Replies: 16
- Views: 25365
Re: Non-tungsten, non-toxic car
BTW, there are still plenty of pre-82 pennies in circulation - a random sampling from my sofa turned up 6 among 32 pennies. :) Another BTW, those pre-82 pennies work better in souvenir penny presses than the modern pennies that are copper-plated zinc. But yes, pennies are easy to use, easy to find,...
- Mon Apr 08, 2019 10:16 am
- Forum: Software
- Topic: Moving a racer after heats have been run
- Replies: 9
- Views: 19486
Re: Moving a racer after heats have been run
Our Pack and District requires the scout who owns the car to be in uniform, check the car in and race it. In my 35 years of being involved with the Pinewood Derby I have never heard of someone else handling a scouts car. If this was some special circumstance then I would like to bring it up at our ...
- Sun Mar 24, 2019 1:18 am
- Forum: Car & Semi-Truck Construction
- Topic: How to build Speedsters favorite car!
- Replies: 13
- Views: 21401
Re: How to build Speedsters favorite car!
Nice job!
Years ago, I build a Hershey bar car, but that was back when Hershey bars came wrapped in foil, with the paper label wrapped around that.
Years ago, I build a Hershey bar car, but that was back when Hershey bars came wrapped in foil, with the paper label wrapped around that.
- Fri Mar 22, 2019 1:36 pm
- Forum: General Topics
- Topic: Tips for winning the SLOWest Car?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 90981
Re: Tips for winning the SLOWest Car?
The idea could be taken even further by gearing to a flywheel. Yep. That's how those flywheel toys work, where you roll them across the floor or table to spin up the flywheel, and then you set them down. The flywheel keeps spinning, and it's geared to the wheels, so the toy rolls across the surface...
- Wed Mar 20, 2019 10:18 am
- Forum: General Topics
- Topic: Tips for winning the SLOWest Car?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 90981
Re: Tips for winning the SLOWest Car?
The challenge is to make it to the Finish line but be last in doing so. Absolutely. The most extreme "slow car" would be one with the wheels glued in place. It won't leave the start gate when the pin drops. But it also won't cross the finish line, which is usually a requirement for "...
- Mon Mar 18, 2019 11:55 am
- Forum: Planning, Preps & Running the Race
- Topic: Help Cars Finish!
- Replies: 17
- Views: 31905
Re: Help Cars Finish!
When we built a new track, we kept a section of the old track specifically to check the cars on registration night. We set it up on a table with one end slightly raised, and encourage the kids to make sure their car will roll down that test section of track before they check them in. But the change ...
- Wed Mar 13, 2019 9:52 am
- Forum: Car & Semi-Truck Construction
- Topic: Weight placement question
- Replies: 16
- Views: 21523
Re: Weight placement question
I cut my daughter's car and it weights 2.5 oz. i need help with placing of weights. the design she picked was this. http://i.imgur.com/UwZzP7c.jpg Where is a good place to place weights. I'm guessing that she's planning to run it with the left end as the front, and the right end as the back. If you...
- Wed Mar 06, 2019 10:19 pm
- Forum: Car & Semi-Truck Construction
- Topic: Hello brand new here.
- Replies: 122
- Views: 155544
Re: Hello brand new here.
My experience with Krytox is that the spin test doesn't last as long as with graphite, but on the track, under load, the cars are at least as fast as with graphite. Plus, it's a lot less messy to have Krytox at our workshops than graphite (which always left a big black mess). But I'm more experience...
- Wed Mar 06, 2019 3:43 pm
- Forum: Pinewood Derby Times
- Topic: Pinewood Derby Times, Volume 18, Issue 12 - March 6, 2019
- Replies: 1
- Views: 9142
Re: Pinewood Derby Times, Volume 18, Issue 12 - March 6, 2019
That's a nice analysis of Points vs Times. Thanks for including it!
- Thu Feb 28, 2019 11:08 am
- Forum: General Topics
- Topic: Cars jumping 1 lane only
- Replies: 9
- Views: 16157
Re: Cars jumping 1 lane only
Without examining the track, all I can say is that there's something different about that lane that causes the cars to jump. If you can't figure out what it is by watching cars jump, then maybe you could video a car jumping and watch in slow motion.
- Sat Feb 23, 2019 11:37 pm
- Forum: Car & Semi-Truck Construction
- Topic: Tip: Be careful with weird wheelbases!
- Replies: 13
- Views: 18220
Re: Tip: Be careful with weird wheelbases!
Is the CSB stockar the same in kit type to the CSB Shape N Race kit with the ears and all! Or is this just a name brand Change to there kit? My understanding is that StocKar Derby is the new trademark owned by CSB, replacing the old Shape N Race Derby trademark, which was apparently owned by the ac...
- Fri Feb 22, 2019 2:20 pm
- Forum: Car & Semi-Truck Construction
- Topic: Tip: Be careful with weird wheelbases!
- Replies: 13
- Views: 18220
Re: Tip: Be careful with weird wheelbases!
The parts are the StocKar kits. (Not sure what I think of these wheels...I guess they're a step up from the old SNR wheels). We haven't had a derby since CSB switched from Shape N Race to StocKar, and the elementary age program at our church is now Awana, rather than CSB and/or Pioneer Clubs, so if...
- Fri Feb 22, 2019 1:36 pm
- Forum: Car & Semi-Truck Construction
- Topic: Tip: Be careful with weird wheelbases!
- Replies: 13
- Views: 18220
Re: Tip: Be careful with weird wheelbases!
I find it interesting that they're still using the old Shape N Race Derby name rather than the new StocKar Derby name. Presumably, they're getting their kits from the Shape N Race company rather than from CSB Ministries.
- Thu Feb 21, 2019 12:14 am
- Forum: General Topics
- Topic: Pinewood Derby Rules
- Replies: 4
- Views: 10492
- Wed Feb 20, 2019 10:27 am
- Forum: Pinewood Derby Times
- Topic: Pinewood Derby Times, Volume 18, Issue 11 - February 20, 2019
- Replies: 1
- Views: 8819
Re: Pinewood Derby Times, Volume 18, Issue 11 - February 20, 2019
I hope that you find this information useful. If you have a unique way of judging cars for design awards, please share your method with me. We used to have judges rate cars in various attributes (e.g., creativity, detail, craftsmanship, etc.) and then we'd sum the scores to get a car's total score....