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- Sun Aug 17, 2014 9:28 pm
- Forum: Car & Semi-Truck Photos
- Topic: Summer Project - Pinewood Demolition Derby (PWDD)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6825
Re: Summer Project - Pinewood Demolition Derby (PWDD)
Great idea. Now you have me seriously considering doing one of these. What was the race format? Was it last one standing wins? Do you have some mechanism to open both start gates at the same time or is it just a 1-2-3-Go operation? I have been around 8-11 year old boys for many years and they enjoy ...
- Sun Aug 17, 2014 9:25 pm
- Forum: Car & Semi-Truck Photos
- Topic: Carl Casper's 1969 Phone Booth Model T.
- Replies: 8
- Views: 9187
Re: Carl Casper's 1969 Phone Booth Model T.
Nice work. I had never heard of the phone booth car - now I have.
- Mon Jul 28, 2014 12:21 pm
- Forum: Construction Workshops
- Topic: Foot pedal for scrollsaw?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 14593
Re: Foot pedal for scrollsaw?
My saw is a cheapie from Harbor Freight...there's no reason to think that a cut-off switch would be harmful in any way to it, is there? I believe that unless you go with a much lighter gauge wire, and additional switch won't be harmful to the machine. I think a dead-man switch may give a false sens...
- Sat Jul 19, 2014 4:06 pm
- Forum: Car & Semi-Truck Photos
- Topic: Pinewood Derbymobile
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5786
Pinewood Derbymobile
Our pack is scheduled to have a cubmobile race in August (after being postponed from June due to inclement weather). I couldn't leave well enough alone thought I would build a pinewood derby sized cubmobile. The first issue I needed to tackle was the size of the car. Pinewood derby cars and cubmobil...
- Tue Mar 25, 2014 11:23 am
- Forum: General Car/Truck Racer Topics
- Topic: leaving off the 4th wheel
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5041
Re: leaving off the 4th wheel
Now I know league racers do this and will use some sort of fin, I dont supposed I would do this but just leave the area alone. Having something there is useful depending on the stop section of the track. I left the non-DFW area empty on one car I built. I found that when it hit the stop section of ...
- Mon Mar 24, 2014 10:40 am
- Forum: Software
- Topic: 2014 Race Report
- Replies: 4
- Views: 7021
Re: 2014 Race Report
I could not figure out how to do a "late add" without totally cancelling out my schedule and starting over.. I'm sure this has been discussed before.. unfortunately, the school's guest wifi blocked derbytalk.com.. maybe they thought it was dirtytalk.com or something.. Thus, I couldn't loo...
- Tue Mar 18, 2014 8:30 pm
- Forum: Car & Semi-Truck Photos
- Topic: TARDIS Car
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6302
Re: TARDIS Car
That's a lot of electronics on a car. It must be bigger on the inside.
- Wed Mar 05, 2014 4:13 pm
- Forum: General Coordinator Topics
- Topic: Newbie assuming derby responsibility - much advice needed
- Replies: 21
- Views: 32531
Re: Newbie assuming derby responsibility - much advice neede
:welcome: How difficult is the initial setup with the BestTrack going to be? I suggest allowing at least 3 hours for the initial setup of just the track. Allow more time to get the timer installed and working as well as time to get familiar with GPRM. A friendly tip that you don't see published much...
- Tue Feb 18, 2014 11:02 am
- Forum: Planning, Preps & Running the Race
- Topic: Storing and Transporting impounded Cars?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 15134
Re: Storing and Transporting impounded Cars?
You may want to read through this thread that has some good suggestions. The thread contains some debate about whether cars should even be stored, which likely doesn't apply to your current situation.
- Fri Feb 14, 2014 5:28 pm
- Forum: GrandPrix Software Central
- Topic: Performance Tracking Software
- Replies: 35
- Views: 55979
Re: Performance Tracking Software
I wouldn't want it to get too complicated (dealing in all 3 dimensions). I imagine that most would be satisfied with just 2 dimensions, perhaps even 1. Knowing the balance point fore and aft would be most helpful. Second, in my opinion, would be left to right and lastly the vertical. I know this fe...
- Fri Feb 14, 2014 12:55 pm
- Forum: GrandPrix Software Central
- Topic: Performance Tracking Software
- Replies: 35
- Views: 55979
Re: Performance Tracking Software
Another feature that may be useful would be a center of gravity calculator. I envision such a calculator being used when planning the build of a car. Perhaps require inputs of block weight, wheelbase, # wheels, weight of wheels, ballast material (e.g. 1/4" tungsten cubes, 3/8" lead rod), b...
- Sun Feb 09, 2014 2:21 pm
- Forum: GrandPrix Software Central
- Topic: Performance Tracking Software
- Replies: 35
- Views: 55979
Re: Performance Tracking Software
I would like to see a way to record a variety of variables for a given car. I suppose you could build in a list of what may be considered standard variables (e.g. weight, wheelbase, lubricant, Center of mass/gravity, inches of drift). Being able to identify some custom variables would be nice for th...
- Sun Feb 09, 2014 2:08 pm
- Forum: General Coordinator Topics
- Topic: Car Parts Trophys
- Replies: 9
- Views: 16536
Re: Car Parts Trophys
I think those are great. I can't wait to see the final product.
- Wed Feb 05, 2014 8:54 am
- Forum: Software
- Topic: Grand Prix-- Only one kid racing?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 8775
Re: Grand Prix-- Only one kid racing?
One possible solution is to create a group called Wolf/Tiger then have a subgroup for each den. That way they will race together but you can still separate the wolf from the tigers. I don't know that you can have the dens in their own groups and still race against scouts from other dens.
- Tue Jan 28, 2014 2:24 pm
- Forum: General Coordinator Topics
- Topic: How to Choose Best Looking?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 26431
Re: How to Choose Best Looking?
I have seen two different was of doing this. The first is a scout's or people's choice award where the competitors and/or spectators vote on the one they like the best. That can become a popularity contest in moderate to small sized groups. Another option is to have a judge's choice award where an i...