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- Sun Mar 17, 2013 2:51 pm
- Forum: General Car/Truck Racer Topics
- Topic: Team Josh District win
- Replies: 5
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Re: Team Josh District win
Good job! Congrats!!
- Wed Mar 13, 2013 8:32 pm
- Forum: General Car/Truck Racer Topics
- Topic: Shaping wheels
- Replies: 20
- Views: 17078
Re: Shaping wheels
Thanks Stan; I will be sure to ask this weekend and get their input on it. I've had a pm from one of the guys on here also about working with my axle rods - you have all been a great trove of information and hopefully I can put it to good use with my kids
- Tue Mar 12, 2013 10:04 pm
- Forum: General Car/Truck Racer Topics
- Topic: Shaping wheels
- Replies: 20
- Views: 17078
Re: Shaping wheels
Just out of curiosity, being as our rules state that the wheels can be modified and the finished product must have four wheels, could I essentially make the wheel diameter extremely smaller than the rest of the wheels and still make it a rail runner? Or on the extreme end of things, glue the wheel t...
- Tue Mar 12, 2013 1:39 pm
- Forum: General Car/Truck Racer Topics
- Topic: Non-BSA open races?
- Replies: 4
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Non-BSA open races?
I think I have been using the wrong search words, but is there a listing somewhere of pinewood derby races that one can enter without having to be in BSA or any other type of affiliation? I did find a website pwdracing.com; does anyone have any experience with them and/or some insight about racing t...
- Tue Mar 12, 2013 12:45 pm
- Forum: General Car/Truck Racer Topics
- Topic: Shaping wheels
- Replies: 20
- Views: 17078
Re: Shaping wheels
Thank you Stan, The rules don't mention anything about having to have all four wheels touching. I am making a test car to run on the track after district is done this sunday (hopefully theyll let me). It has a coat of primer drying on it right now as I type this. Center of mass for the car is about ...
- Tue Mar 12, 2013 7:06 am
- Forum: General Car/Truck Racer Topics
- Topic: Shaping wheels
- Replies: 20
- Views: 17078
Re: Shaping wheels
I'll have to pick up some wheel/axle packs from hobby lobby and see if I can't also make a jig of sorts using a couple of pinecar blanks. I have a really half-cocked idea, but not sure about the expectation meets reality part - lol.
Stan, thanks for the insight on the wheel shapes
Stan, thanks for the insight on the wheel shapes
- Mon Mar 11, 2013 8:10 pm
- Forum: General Car/Truck Racer Topics
- Topic: Shaping wheels
- Replies: 20
- Views: 17078
Re: Shaping wheels
whodathunkit, I would have to assume he is from the same WELS group we are in as the rules he posted and the lingo he uses (boys pioneers and being in a train), but from a different congregation. The first and second place car in my oldest kids group (train) look different than that (they reuse the ...
- Mon Mar 11, 2013 7:42 pm
- Forum: General Car/Truck Racer Topics
- Topic: Shaping wheels
- Replies: 20
- Views: 17078
Re: Shaping wheels
We use the metal rods with the plastic cap. I can't say for sure that it is Awana or BSA, unfortunately. It is within our kids Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS). They have a rule book that states we can only use the wood from our original block, original slots for axles have to be used, ax...
- Mon Mar 11, 2013 6:24 pm
- Forum: General Car/Truck Racer Topics
- Topic: Shaping wheels
- Replies: 20
- Views: 17078
Shaping wheels
My kids and I have our cars at our church pinewood derby and we are allowed to modify our wheels. This is more of a question for the future as we have already had our cars race and there isn't much we can do to them before district this Sunday. My youngest took first in his age group and my oldest t...