Hub to wood touching can be eliminated where "hubcaps" are allowed.
See my post on that topic for how we avoid the wood contact issue.
I'd love some comments on this by some of you awsome gurus.
This is a great resource btw.
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- Tue Jan 13, 2004 12:14 pm
- Forum: Car & Semi-Truck Construction
- Topic: Wheel to Wood Friction
- Replies: 17
- Views: 19416
- Mon Jan 12, 2004 3:46 pm
- Forum: Raingutter Regatta
- Topic: Raingutter Regatta Track Designs
- Replies: 10
- Views: 50279
Re: Raingutter Regatta Track Designs
I used PVC rain gutters for ours. They have straight sides on the top 2or 3 inches. I used the standard caps but drilled one end of each and mounted a pvc valve for draining into a bucket at the end of the race. For supports I made 5 brackets of 1/4 inch plywood that were cut to accept two gutters s...
- Mon Jan 12, 2004 3:18 pm
- Forum: Car & Semi-Truck Construction
- Topic: Hubcaps
- Replies: 8
- Views: 9596
Re: Hubcaps
For what it's worth.... We looked for custom wheel web sites (for real cars) and captured a jpg of the wheel of choice. Puting the image into a Word doc and sizing the page on the screen to actual size allowed us to re-size the image to the correct scale for the derby wheels. Once printed on a color...
- Mon Jan 12, 2004 2:57 pm
- Forum: Space Derby
- Topic: What line for the track?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 13162
What line for the track?
Thought I'd post this for anyone interested. I built our pack's track last year and used Power Pro fishing line. Power Pro is a high-tech "super-braid" line that has almost zero stretch and is considably thinner for a given pound test. It's surface is also very slick. The 60 lb test I used...
- Mon Jan 12, 2004 1:07 pm
- Forum: Car & Semi-Truck Construction
- Topic: Mini, i.e. affordable, hobby lathe?
- Replies: 62
- Views: 98706
Re: Mini, i.e. affordable, hobby lathe?
I also use the Dremel. I mount the flex shaft thing in a bench vice for axel work and sand the wheels in it too using a mandrel. You must wet sand in the dremel because heat build-up will melt the wheels. Looks like a neat little tool but I doubt it would have the torque needed for turning the block...
- Mon Jan 12, 2004 12:50 pm
- Forum: Car & Semi-Truck Construction
- Topic: Wheel weight
- Replies: 18
- Views: 21970
Wheel weight
I just discovered this forum today, 2 days before our PWD race. I've seen that the general opinion is that lighter is better but couln't find any discussion on weighted wheels. Could it be, that whells filled with, say, hot glue whould have a flywheel-like affect and help carry the car on the flat o...