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by blcrow33
Mon Apr 06, 2009 7:38 am
Forum: General Car/Truck Racer Topics
Topic: Need some advice
Replies: 4
Views: 5094

Need some advice

My son is a wolf and came in first overall at the Pack race. We just had our district race and he came in 1st place for the Wolfs. Now he is off to the Council race. Our concern is he came in second overall at the district race. He ran and average of 3.0076 and the first place car which was a bear r...
by blcrow33
Wed Apr 01, 2009 5:50 am
Forum: Car & Semi-Truck Construction
Topic: Adding Lube
Replies: 1
Views: 3509

Adding Lube

When is a good time to lube the axels of the car before the race? We are using Krytox. Is is best to lube the day before or a few days before? Is there any possible problem with the Krytox evaporating?
by blcrow33
Fri Feb 27, 2009 6:28 am
Forum: Car & Semi-Truck Construction
Topic: Illeagl wheels & axles
Replies: 29
Views: 25169

Re: Illeagl wheels & axles

I would be very upset if some took my sons car apart after he had run. And it is not because we are doing anything illegal. It is because sometimes we spend hours getting the alignment just right and then glue in the axles. That would mean we would have to do it all over again to get ready for the d...
by blcrow33
Thu Feb 19, 2009 7:40 am
Forum: Car & Semi-Truck Construction
Topic: Weight placement question
Replies: 26
Views: 17331

Weight placement question

I have a question about the weight placement in a car. For simplicity purposes say I have a car were the body weighes 1 ounce so I need to add 4 ounces to it. If I want to get the COM 1 inch in front of the rear axel, is it better to put 1 ounce in the front of the car and 3 ounces in the rear of th...
by blcrow33
Tue Feb 17, 2009 6:53 am
Forum: General Coordinator Topics
Topic: Money race
Replies: 12
Views: 17321

Re: Money race

Our district does this each year to raise money for the scouts. We have a Corporate PWD and this will be our second year of running it. They have different packages starting at 1 car kit for $160 up to 8 car kits for $1000. The rules are the same aas the scouts. The event is held at a local Holiday ...
by blcrow33
Tue Feb 10, 2009 5:54 am
Forum: Commercial
Topic: Track length
Replies: 5
Views: 7618

Re: Track length

A 42 foot Best Track from starting pins to the finish sensors is 37 feet.
by blcrow33
Thu Feb 05, 2009 9:11 am
Forum: Car & Semi-Truck Construction
Topic: Do you glue your axles?
Replies: 28
Views: 30901

Re: Do you glue your axles?

We drill a small hole from the bottom of the car body that intersects the axle hole. We do this also. We glue the axles because I am afraid of the wheel getting bumped and then the alignment is ruined. The alignment is so critical. This year we wanted to use a glue that we can still get the axles o...
by blcrow33
Fri Jan 30, 2009 9:01 am
Forum: Car & Semi-Truck Construction
Topic: Lap (Heat) times on a 49ft BestTrack..
Replies: 37
Views: 29259

Re: Lap (Heat) times on a 49ft BestTrack..

Then what is the advantage of using the laser Starter? Why not just use the regular starter? It starts as soon as the gate is dropped. Basically because the laser gate came with the timer package we bought and it looks cool. The scouts love it and think it is awesome. Plus I feel it is more reliabl...
by blcrow33
Fri Jan 30, 2009 5:53 am
Forum: Car & Semi-Truck Construction
Topic: Lap (Heat) times on a 49ft BestTrack..
Replies: 37
Views: 29259

Re: Lap (Heat) times on a 49ft BestTrack..

I configured our laser get to get triggered by the starting pins. This way the timer starts as soon as the gate is dropped just like the switch plus all cars are at the same point once the timer starts.
by blcrow33
Wed Jan 28, 2009 9:45 am
Forum: Car & Semi-Truck Construction
Topic: Lap (Heat) times on a 49ft BestTrack..
Replies: 37
Views: 29259

Re: Lap (Heat) times on a 49ft BestTrack..

We have a Fast Track K2 timer with a laser start gate.
by blcrow33
Wed Jan 28, 2009 7:11 am
Forum: General Coordinator Topics
Topic: HELP! Race tomorrow!!!
Replies: 11
Views: 12170

Re: HELP! Race tomorrow!!!

It was fun but I hate being the leader and having the parents walk away thinking I somehow rig the race. they should be more mad at the father who didn't want to build another car and took home another 3rd place trophy. I know how it is getting those looks like you did something wrong. I have run o...
by blcrow33
Wed Jan 28, 2009 6:42 am
Forum: Car & Semi-Truck Construction
Topic: Lap (Heat) times on a 49ft BestTrack..
Replies: 37
Views: 29259

Re: Lap (Heat) times on a 49ft BestTrack..

blcrow33- 3.09 on 42ft Best Track? Wow, thats fast. My son averaged 3.152 on our 42ft Best and he won the Pack overall, no one came close. But we have had problems with our Best Track since we bought it, its hard to get the pieces to fit together properly and our cars bounce while going down the tr...
by blcrow33
Tue Jan 27, 2009 6:46 am
Forum: Commercial
Topic: Lifted Best Track experience
Replies: 4
Views: 7249

Re: Lifted Best Track experience

We have a 42 foot Best Track with the lift kits. We have no problems and it does not move. The crowd loves it because everyone can see it much better.
by blcrow33
Mon Jan 26, 2009 6:22 am
Forum: Car & Semi-Truck Construction
Topic: Lap (Heat) times on a 49ft BestTrack..
Replies: 37
Views: 29259

Re: Lap (Heat) times on a 49ft BestTrack..

My son just won our Pack race and we have a 42 foot Best Track. He averaged 3.09 seconds. Sounds like your sons times are consistent with winning times.
by blcrow33
Fri Jan 23, 2009 7:06 am
Forum: Car & Semi-Truck Construction
Topic: A two-wheeler that works!
Replies: 20
Views: 17530

Re: A two-wheeler that works!

2 wheelers? So when are the one wheel designs coming out? :D