Pinewood Derby
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MK💉Ultra🇺🇸💀🔫 wrote:
Thanks man. Glad you enjoyed. :) 🍻Thanks for sharing this, Kilgore. What a great post.
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Bruenor wrote:
Ha! Sad story! We had a few cars that never crossed the finish line tonight (bottom of car dragged on track)... so don't feel too bad. Sounds like it was a screamer otherwise!My dad and I spent hours Drawing up a design, till we had everything perfect.. The front was swept up and rolled over, sweet fin in the back.. Actualy reminded me of a boat... Hahaha. Anyway, we got there, and it didn't weigh quite right, so the dam judge took his stupid drill, and split the car in two when he friend to drill a hole for the lead. Man was I upset. I kinda ran off.. Dad found me rigt before the race with the car, he had used the drill and lead plugs to hook the car together..that year We ended up with fastest lap, and 3rd place overall, woukd have been first, but in the last race, it split on the track. Hahahaha
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ՏωɑɱpƊṏɲƙɛγ wrote:
Dude, that's huge! Best of luck on Saturday. Let us know how it goes! 👍Been working on the car with my son this week. Race on Sat. Good times.
Two years ago we built a winner. Never lost a race. Wasn't able to come close the next. Maybe this year...
Good Luck!
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apeface wrote:
That sounds cool. We actually had a camo-painted tank car tonight. Looked cool, but it was one of the ones that dragged on the track and never crossed the finish line... there's always next year ;)My dad and I spent almost a day making a tank. We made a moving barrel, a camouflage paint, I won best design.😺
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Robo37 wrote:
Bring it over next year and put it in the vintage race. We don't live far apart. 👍My car that I placed first with was a simple wedge shape that looked really plain next to all the other cars that you could tell the dads did most of the work on. The only thing my dad did was put the weights in the right spots, and load it with graphite. Simple was best that year. I wish I knew where that car was kt I'd let you race it tonight.
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mr71vwbus wrote:
ROFL! (prolly only a few peeps got this one!)LmAO! How ironic! I was cleaning out my basement Friday and I found my first pinewood derby car from 30yrs ago.......great story's guys! Unfortunately I never got to enter the pinewood derby because the day of the race, cub scouts kicked me out for eating brownies! 😜
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Jim Dirt (Add A1) wrote:
JIM DIRT! Great tips! We did use some of them this year, but not to the extent of nickel-plating the axles (how do you even do that?!). We put the axles in a power drill and mounted the drill in a vice. First we used a fine file to remove the burrs from the axle head, and then we used the file to create grooves in the axle to reduce rolling resistance. (continued)Fond memories. My son did the royal ranger (church based scouting program) derby every year and took grand champion for California and Nevada in his last year. Learned lots in that project. If rules allow, move your wheels closer to the front and back of the car. Pack all the weight you can to the rear and still keep the front wheels on the ground. Lift one front wheel so it does not have to spin. TRUE UP the car. It should roll straight on the floor at least 15 feet without any perceived turning.
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We finished the axles with 2000 grit sandpaper. Totally agree that axle work is key! For the wheels, there is a rule that we must use BSA wheels, which are a lot heavier than what you described. We did however sand them down until they were quite thin to reduce weight and increase acceleration at the start. I bought a jig for drilling the axle holes (and keeping them true). Didn't use tungsten this year, but you can bet it will be on our car next year! 🍻
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And the best part of this is the time the dads spent with their kids teaching them all these technical tricks.....(at least I hope the kids were there when the dads were doing all this!)
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