Derby Talk

Then we'll increase the web traffic a little more to see how you do.

Best Racing Wishes & Happy Easter!

SWEEEEET...I was checking these out at the WIRL website. Very nice.

When do they run?

After my son's Pack entry broke at the axle mounts this year, we did what you're thinking about for his District entry. I wouldn't call it a jig exactly, but we did build a wooden box with low sides to square up the components during assembly. In the future I would prefer to build a real jig from al...

Please enlighten us. We have District & Council races coming up. But who has time to surf every eBay auction?

Sporty,

Is it the Shepherd #9584? If it is, I found it.

Hey Sporty,

I just checked out your cool website. Are the Shepard wheels the blue ones on the 2004 car? Where did you get them?

Steve

Wheel weight is an intriguing subject. I assume that (as in PWD) a light wheel favors a fast start & heavy wheel favors longer runs. Is that the experience of those who have compared?

Sporty, Last night I was searching around for an "off the shelf" wheel & ran into some semi-pneumatic 10" hand truck wheels but I'm not sure they had open bearings. More research tonight since I'm on the road today. I think if it came down to installing a new bearing in an existin...

Sporty, As a boy I had a killer set of wheels that we used on our Cubmobiles every year. I got them off an old Radio Flyer wagon. We alwasy won with these old wheels. They were heavy hard rubber with open ball bearings. No grease. As you have noted with sealed bearings, grease makes it harder to get...

The new aluminum Piantedosi "Pinewood Derby Track Brakes" arrived today. $15 per lane (we have 4) plus a $10 adapter to make the new aluminum stop section fit our 4 year old wood track, plus another $15 for shipping. $85 for all for lanes delivered. I haven't assembled it yet but it looks ...

Same here....I don't think Stephen has ever had a car with a ful 3/8" clearance. We've always tried for a lower stance & COG.

If the car fits the track (safely) it should be allowed to race.

This event sounds like it was Council supported to support Council by promoting Scouting. This hasn't been the thrust of our Council PWD. Rather it has been a fairly low-key event for the most serious Pinewood builder to have a last hurrah of racing before relegating their beloved Pack & Distric...

Yes but all of the aftermarket axles I have seen that are fashioned like nails are way too perfect on the points to be BSA nails. They almost always lack "corners" & sometimes aren't even pointed. BSA nails are very crude & even if they have their corners taken off, usually have so...

I like the idea of having the track drop away too. Ramping the center rail up starts the car moving in the wrong direction as has been the problem for us this year. Gary Piantedosi was traveling & is now back in the shop. He shipped us the new stop section last week. We'll see how this works for...

I can see the logic in seeing axle points. The points are the easiest way to detect aftermarket axles. Many Districts prohibit the use of non-kit axles. Ours does.