first pinewood derby experience
Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2018 9:35 pm
Hello All,
My son and I just competed in our first PWD with our scout pack yesterday.
I am happy to say we both took home 2nd place honors.
My son and I built a scout legal car for his race. We canted the wheels, raised one front and aligned to ride the rail. Polished the axle and had as much weight centered near the rear as possible.
Not sure on exact track specs. It is a wood track with a gradual curve (favorable for moving the weight more toward the rear) and I believe 35' long. Each car ran one time in each of 4 lanes. It went undefeated in his Den with a best time of 2.497 @ 197.96
we took 2nd in each of the 4 final races with a best time of 2.478 @ 199.48. We lost by .053 seconds!
His car won Cub Scout Favorite as well. (i had my automotive paint shop do a candy emerald paint job)
I ran my car in the outlaw class and had wired two small drone motors with 4 blade propellers. It had a contact switch resting against the start pi to activate when the pin dropped.
the fan car ran a 2.13 and took 2nd in the outlaw class. The winner (the scoutmaster) had brought a ducted fan and ran a 1.58.
I can honestly say I am hooked and a looking forward to next year! Im planning a co2 powered car as well as a razor bearing wheel gravity car.
My son and I just competed in our first PWD with our scout pack yesterday.
I am happy to say we both took home 2nd place honors.
My son and I built a scout legal car for his race. We canted the wheels, raised one front and aligned to ride the rail. Polished the axle and had as much weight centered near the rear as possible.
Not sure on exact track specs. It is a wood track with a gradual curve (favorable for moving the weight more toward the rear) and I believe 35' long. Each car ran one time in each of 4 lanes. It went undefeated in his Den with a best time of 2.497 @ 197.96
we took 2nd in each of the 4 final races with a best time of 2.478 @ 199.48. We lost by .053 seconds!
His car won Cub Scout Favorite as well. (i had my automotive paint shop do a candy emerald paint job)
I ran my car in the outlaw class and had wired two small drone motors with 4 blade propellers. It had a contact switch resting against the start pi to activate when the pin dropped.
the fan car ran a 2.13 and took 2nd in the outlaw class. The winner (the scoutmaster) had brought a ducted fan and ran a 1.58.
I can honestly say I am hooked and a looking forward to next year! Im planning a co2 powered car as well as a razor bearing wheel gravity car.