Derby Talk

CONGRATULATIONS on everything !
Those are beautiful cars.

I've never seen China wheels being that light. I do notice the bore on the China wheel tends to be smaller then the bore on the USA wheel. Our Pack leader has a set of China wheels that were nearly perfectly round on Knott's runout gauge although they weighed 2.7 grams. I happen to have 100 sets of ...

Howdy , doncrush, Welcome to Derbytalk I'm very interested in what this is all about. Unfortunately, also very ignorant. The only thing I understand are the rules. Let's assume you are entering this race. Exactly what would you do, starting from the very 1st thing, through all the things necessary t...

BEAUTIFUL CARS !
I wish you the Very Best in your future racing.
Cheers,
Speedster

Thank you, Coffin Nail Racing. Welcome to Derbytalk. That was a very interesting story.
Derbytalk has a Topic titled "Car & Semi-Truck photos. Might we see a picture of your car?

Hi there, Pinewood Daddy. Welcome back. In case you are not aware, the Girl Scouts are growing very quickly regarding the Pinewood Derby. This is probably due to the Ford Motor Company and Randy Lisano. Something to keep you busy would be to share your knowledge with the Girl Scouts and teach them s...

Thank you for all the info. It was interesting to read.

That's very educational. Thank You. I had never heard of that before. It makes me wonder how a local Girl Scout troop learned of it.

I read in a set of Girl Scout rules that adding alcohol to graphite makes it a "Liquid lubricant" and therefore illegal. I've never heard of doing that before, don't know how I would do it, and don't know any advantage in doing it. Does anyone know why a reason like that would be in scout rules?

Aaron, I wish your Team the very Best.
It will be interesting to see what the Top Eliminator car looks like and what time it turns when racing in the finals.

I think as the degree of cant is increased the toe-in adjustment becomes more sensitive. If I'm understanding Physics correctly, a knife edge on the inside rim of the dfw would still have the same amount of friction, it would simply be moved to a smaller area.

Thanks for the rules. Those are the most lenient rules I have ever read. They seem to follow the Mid America rules.
Would you send us a picture of the winning car? I'm curious to learn if someone takes advantage of all these rules.
I wish you the Best.

When you say "aftermarket axles" does this mean you can use .092 stainless steel axles, grooved axles, etc ? Are you racing under rules provided by the Girl Scouts or have you been given rules from a Cub Scout Pack? I'm heavily involved with the Program Director for the Girl Scouts of Western Ohio a...

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CONGRATULATIONS to your team. You all did well.
What was the fastest time of the day? Did you happen to get a picture of the fastest car and did it appear to ride the side? Do most of the cars ride the side of their track or do they bounce back and forth? Do you have a picture of the track?