Derby Talk

PhantomVirus wrote:the tungsten domes rock. best of luck with it.

PhantomVirus, Your looking at the 2011 Bushyrun District Champion.

Congrats GOST RIDER.

whodathunkit wrote:
Yippee yi yay Yippee yi O GHOST RIDERS in the sky.

Stan Pope wrote:
Not that bad!

You're not that bad Stan... not bad at all!

But that 1 3/4" minimum width between wheels rule:
and the 1 3/4 kit supplied block. get the best of us sometimes.

Stan, Thank you for what you do on here.

Mark.

Good to see you're eye sight getting better stan. Naw. Still rotten. What I write is mostly from what I see without my eyes! :) Ok, so you're a "Braille Writer" :) Thank's for Talking to me :D I have one more question to ask about the rules: Width between wheels-1 3/4 why is not from hub ...

Stan Pope wrote: Judge would probably say, "Nice try. FAIL!"

Good to see you're eye sight getting better stan.

I would be interested in seeing a car of this type that also meets an "all 4 wheels on the track" rule. So, all four wheels would be on the same side of the car. Rail riding probably couldn't be effectively executed, but it would be one that would throw judges for a loop. Maybe I will att...

Thanks for participating in the discussion Stan.
You must admit it's a pretty clever idea that stretches the rules a bit!
and it might be a fun idea to play around with and I can't wait to get in the basement and see what I can come up with. Thanks for your explanations into how this is done.

Stan Pope wrote:
Yes. Trick is to (1) make it survive the braking section, and (2) keep the wheels riding on their edges.

Now: Stan, that's a very good way of putting it.

I do hope Randy will follow up on his two wheeled car in an up-comeing news letter.

Whoda.

If we look at the method of rail rideing by Jay Wiles,& his son Jesse. On how this method works for a three wheeled car. We see the rail riding method works. But if we look at the Two Wheeled car by Joe Tomelleri's. And how he balances the weight in the car to run on two wheels with rail riding ...

:agree: With *5 J's* :bigups: :bigups: :bigups: :bigups: :bigups: :bigups: Sporty: don't worry about your age: we're all 111 years old! If you'll take the last two digits of the year you were born and add it to the age you are today - it totals 111 for all of us (regardless of the year and age, as l...

Nice job. Did you model it after any particular car? Well yes and no BallBoy, I seen this cool looking car on this web site that was copper in color that I really liked the looks of. http://www.flickriver.com/groups/pinewood_derby/pool/interesting/" target="_blank I guess you could say: I...

Sometimes I just have to try new things as far as car designs go hopefuly someone will like the looks of this one. Here it is with pinecar wheels. http://i56.tinypic.com/10x6jad.jpg http://i51.tinypic.com/1zg87c0.jpg and with BSA wheels. http://i54.tinypic.com/2qs3s5u.jpg http://i54.tinypic.com/20fo...

:goodpost: Here is a good tip! As a general rule of thumb. If you are new to the pinewood derby and unsure of the offical rules. Don't just go by any set of rules you just found on the internet. Or those just out of the box. Get your pack rules from the race chairman or race offical. Get to know the...

Stan Pope wrote:

Age and diminishing eyesight have their drawbacks.

THANK YOU STAN POPE.



Tell me about it! So douse learning the computer and how not to post photo's
on derby talk.

Good point! Stan, Good point!

You have always been a stright shooter.. And a smoke'n gun!

Whoda.

On the question of "too polished"... I've heard it too, but have not found a "too polished" point. Sporty has some strong opinions backed by results that sub-micron polish is not "too polished". I have heard that.. "too polished".. Is at the point where the a...