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- Tue Feb 19, 2019 9:11 pm
- Forum: Car & Semi-Truck Photos
- Topic: Semi truck with a Lowboy trailer build.
- Replies: 24
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Re: Semi truck with a Lowboy trailer build.
This is so cool! Thanks for sharing!
- Tue Feb 19, 2019 9:09 pm
- Forum: Planning, Preps & Running the Race
- Topic: People's choice voting
- Replies: 3
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- Mon Feb 18, 2019 1:16 am
- Forum: Car & Semi-Truck Photos
- Topic: Semi truck with a Lowboy trailer build.
- Replies: 24
- Views: 32856
Re: Semi truck with a Lowboy trailer build.
Looking good!
And I can definitely sympathize with the need to rebuild a car to get it to comply with the rules so it can race.
And I can definitely sympathize with the need to rebuild a car to get it to comply with the rules so it can race.
- Mon Feb 11, 2019 12:20 pm
- Forum: General Car/Truck Racer Topics
- Topic: Changed axles cant get 4 wheels on ground
- Replies: 8
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- Mon Feb 11, 2019 12:16 pm
- Forum: Car & Semi-Truck Construction
- Topic: Update 2019 results - Still need assistance
- Replies: 16
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Re: New guy & Access in a Ladder/Hollow design Q.
For my illuminated designs, I've provided access to the battery by building the car in two parts. The "frame" is a slab cut from the original block in the kit. The "body" is whatever decorative structure I've built that attaches to that frame. When I build a separate body, I usua...
- Mon Feb 11, 2019 12:09 pm
- Forum: Car & Semi-Truck Photos
- Topic: Semi truck with a Lowboy trailer build.
- Replies: 24
- Views: 32856
Re: Semi truck with a Lowboy trailer build.
Wow... Nice job!
- Wed Feb 06, 2019 12:17 pm
- Forum: General Topics
- Topic: Theme Race
- Replies: 6
- Views: 11524
Re: Theme Race
However, if the picture shows the total amount of awards given for the Design competition, I suspect there will be some resistance. Ah, I hadn't noticed that. Yeah, we make a point of awarding at least as many design awards as race awards. I would think that that would be even more important in a d...
- Wed Feb 06, 2019 12:14 pm
- Forum: Pinewood Derby Times
- Topic: Pinewood Derby Times, Volume 18, Issue 10 - February 6, 2019
- Replies: 1
- Views: 8849
Re: Pinewood Derby Times, Volume 18, Issue 10 - February 6, 2019
The humor column reminds me of my wife's experience coming to California for college. After growing up mostly in the Portland Oregon area, she was looking forward to experiencing sunny California. It turned out that her freshman year was one of the wettest winters on record. Several times that year,...
- Tue Feb 05, 2019 4:15 pm
- Forum: General Topics
- Topic: Theme Race
- Replies: 6
- Views: 11524
Re: Theme Race
Sounds like it could be fun. However, not all themes are created equal. The example theme (Robots) is broad enough to allow a lot of creativity within the theme. But I other kid-suggested themes might not work as well. And some kids (and adults) start planning next year's car almost immediately afte...
- Sun Feb 03, 2019 9:39 am
- Forum: Car & Semi-Truck Photos
- Topic: Semi truck with a Lowboy trailer build.
- Replies: 24
- Views: 32856
Re: Semi truck with a Lowboy trailer build.
It's cool to see the bobcat loader repurposed like this!
- Sat Feb 02, 2019 12:21 pm
- Forum: Planning, Preps & Running the Race
- Topic: Decided to build me a rack for staging our cars.
- Replies: 13
- Views: 25757
Re: Decided to build me a rack for staging our cars.
After using it one race, I noticed that a couple cars had a rounded up front nose, allowing the car to try and slide off. Our home-made track's start gate had a similar issue. The start "pins" (really 1-inch wide aluminum bars) came up only half an inch above the track, and we were gettin...
- Sat Feb 02, 2019 12:14 pm
- Forum: Car & Semi-Truck Photos
- Topic: Here's the car from which I came up with my screen name.
- Replies: 5
- Views: 11479
Re: Here's the car from which I came up with my screen name.
Wow! That is indeed a work of art.
- Fri Feb 01, 2019 11:41 am
- Forum: Planning, Preps & Running the Race
- Topic: Decided to build me a rack for staging our cars.
- Replies: 13
- Views: 25757
Re: Decided to build me a rack for staging our cars.
I'd be curious how it works out in practice. Our impound racks are basically boards propped up on an incline, with the cars arranged in rows and wheel stops attached to the boards to keep the cars from rolling forward. If I were building new impound racks, then I'd use 3/4-inch thick center rails li...
- Thu Jan 31, 2019 9:51 pm
- Forum: Planning, Preps & Running the Race
- Topic: Decided to build me a rack for staging our cars.
- Replies: 13
- Views: 25757
Re: Decided to build me a rack for staging our cars.
That looks like a page that displays the image. The image itself is
- Thu Jan 24, 2019 11:19 am
- Forum: Pinewood Derby Times
- Topic: Pinewood Derby Times, Volume 18, Issue 9 - January 23, 2019
- Replies: 2
- Views: 10240
Re: Pinewood Derby Times, Volume 18, Issue 9 - January 23, 2019
I especially liked the "work with them to make it practical" section of the feature article. The whole article was good, but that part in particular resonated. At our workshops, I've encouraged kids (and parents) interested in unusual designs to come to me for advice on how to turn their c...