Derby Talk

Thanks for sharing the resources everyone.

BigDozer66

That is a nice set-up!

If you were a little closer to East Texas I would have to ask to borrow you and the workshop!

Thanks for the pics.
BigDozer66

I think I will be use your idea and check out Lowes this evening.

If anything goes wrong I can use it for more tackle!

Lynn

I went with the USA SCALE PW 5200 and I appreciate the hint on zeroing.

I will play with it and see if it works correctly.


Thanks,
Lynn

Thanks for listing the help list guys.

BigDozer66

Shape and color can have some bearing. There are some methods that the finish line judges should use to improve their accuracy as well. A few years ago, I constructed a page that you may find useful ... see http://members.aol.com/standcmr/byeye.html Stan has some great advice here! :D I saw first h...

I would tend to lean toards not touching it if it is winning. Last year my son was a Tiger and in his first Pinewood Derby he raced on a 32' wooden track and there were a couple close races that were called ties. He ended up taking 1st place in the Pack and he was off to he District race. I told him...

That hundred and ten footer is awesome! 8) We had a 32' wooden track at our Pack race and we had the privilege of racing on a 48' Piantedosi Freedom! :dance: :clap: If we had a drooling icon I would have used it! 8) There was definitely a difference in the speed of my son's car on the wood and on th...

Nice work Stan!

Thanks for sharing it with the rest of us pineheads.

BigDozer66

Stephen's Dad, There is much wisdom in your post. :thumbup: mbb, My son and I spent several months this year getting everything done with only an hour here and 30 minutes there to work on it. We have been told by the District leaders that there will be different rules next year and the rules will be...

Newbie here so don't throw anything at me. :D We had our Pack races on a homemade wooden 2 lane track that was in the 30' range. We had the "eye ballers" calling the races at the finish line. :lol: We were told thast this would be the same track that would be used at our District race. My ...