Derby Talk

Sssnake You have obviously put a lot of work into this car it is awesome and from the looks of things should set the new standard for WIRL if the alignment holds through shipping and six passes. We currently build similar cars for the adult open class and have considered rail deflector designs in th...

Gills The book that contains the plans for a pinewood derby track is the Cub Scout Leaders How To Book. However this is a guide as there are no official track requirements. What Stan is referring to is what is generally regarded as the standard design. The focus of track design should be on starting...

Those are some very cool cars, and they look fast too. Good luck in June.

What are those wheels made of ?

Darin

You sound like the professor himself.

Excellent explanation!

They are working on improvements for this but until then use a machinist square to verify shaver blade alignment.

Greg There are many variables that you will need to determine to the best of you ability thought observation. As you are unable to manually inspect the competitor. And if all rules are being properly followed it simply boils down to the fact that this competitor has performed additional steps beyond...

Terryep After researching many options and running many races we have concluded that the raised guide strip works very well. You will want a friction material on this section, which should start prior to the car bottom contacting the raised section we used rubber skid tape (similar to what is used i...

"Define hard rules for that which can be measured and share objectives for that which cannot."

You hit the nail on the head with this statement!

Pack Derby chair 4 years District derby Committee 3 years I support Den Leaders statement share the information to all and be available to answer questions and give guidance at the workshops this has worked well at our pack level as more boys are involved and their experience is much greater. An exa...

2004 Qualifying District Rules 1) Parts: Only current year B.S.A. Grand Prix Kit parts shall be used in major components of the car (body, wheel, axles). Accessories and decorations may be added, but you may not replace or substitute kit parts. All accessories and decorations added must not allow th...

Ranman

Congratulations to Alex and you!

What a positive attituded when handeling the situation, If only others would take the same approach.

KCDerbyman Congratulations To your Son, Daughter and you! Sounds like a pine head family for sure, keep up the good work! When reading the post I thought you had made a mistake by stating pounds not ounces. That would have been a site to see an 8 LB derby car on BSA wheels. How did they stop this be...

We ran the four wheels touching the track rule are 2003 and what we learned confirms what has been previously mentioned. It is an effort for the boys to have all four touching and while enforcing the rule we saw many cars making last minute adjustments that had negative effects on there performance....

Terryep

Do you have a link to the bearings you could post?

Pinelover

If you could post your wheel and axle rules. We could review them with you for ideas.