Where you going to keep all those trophies ???!!!
Congrats again ! Great way to finish. Expect some strange feelings next year when you don't have a car in the race. I am sure you will be involved somehow though.
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- Mon Apr 16, 2012 7:25 pm
- Forum: Car & Semi-Truck Photos
- Topic: Son wins, Last race
- Replies: 11
- Views: 9574
- Mon Feb 06, 2012 8:50 am
- Forum: Car & Semi-Truck Construction
- Topic: Checking run out on the wheels.
- Replies: 11
- Views: 10227
Re: Checking run out on the wheels.
You will get cleaner results if you cut a couple of 1"x1"x1/8" angles 3" long, bolt them together separated by about 1/2" stacks of washers, and filing a 1/8" deep v-groove across the center. Rocking goes away and more wheel is exposed. If you put a collar around the p...
- Thu Jan 19, 2012 11:23 am
- Forum: General Topics
- Topic: Pack 976 Derby Winners Announced
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5644
Re: Pack 976 Derby Winners Announced
That's a lot of Scouts ! I recognize the light tree , see 4 digit results and am wondering if you are in the picture ... ?
- Mon Jan 16, 2012 7:23 pm
- Forum: Car & Semi-Truck Construction
- Topic: Neat trick with wood putty
- Replies: 5
- Views: 8074
Neat trick with wood putty
As they say, necessity is the mother of invention. I recently drilled right through a car body in a last minute mod to shift some weight. With a very thin body and crowded weight pocket there wasn't much height to glob in a bunch of wood filler and the shape was pretty irregular. So I tried two new ...
- Mon Dec 26, 2011 9:09 pm
- Forum: Car & Semi-Truck Construction
- Topic: How are the wheels this year ?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 18537
Re: How are the wheels this year ?
Unless you are really good at building PWD Cars, the mold # is not the area that will get your Scout lower or increased track times. Alignment is key . I agree Murph. From what I saw though, some of the wheels might be so bad now that those that can really prep a wheel (and are allowed to by their ...
- Wed Dec 21, 2011 1:47 pm
- Forum: Car & Semi-Truck Construction
- Topic: How are the wheels this year ?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 18537
How are the wheels this year ?
We are out of the game, but a friend shared their out of roundness measurement data on a large set of the current wheel crop and the results were surprising. Larger numbers than I have ever seen before (up to 10/1000th's :eek: ) for a fair number of molds. #2's still look best overall (bore diameter...
- Tue Dec 20, 2011 8:49 pm
- Forum: Car & Semi-Truck Construction
- Topic: smallest bore or least runout, which is most significant
- Replies: 23
- Views: 17108
Re: smallest bore or least runout, which is most significant
This may be the post, it links to a picture I can't check it right now, but I do have that or a similar jpeg from Terry: http://www.derbytalk.com/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=2162&hilit=hub+sander&start=0 I remember Terry using a two way vise. I did have some conversation with him about it. I th...
- Tue Dec 20, 2011 10:27 am
- Forum: Car & Semi-Truck Construction
- Topic: smallest bore or least runout, which is most significant
- Replies: 23
- Views: 17108
Re: smallest bore or least runout, which is most significant
I recall that Teeeman was, in the end, not really high on any of his approaches other than using a lathe. I see he recently visited, so maybe he will comment directly. My own two cents is that its pretty difficult to improve runout using a drill press. With the current (at least last year) reasonabl...
- Fri Dec 16, 2011 12:35 pm
- Forum: Other Vendors
- Topic: Coach's Secret Lube Marketing Video
- Replies: 11
- Views: 12897
Re: Coach's Secret Lube Marketing Video
Wow FS, I think you just qualified for a tryout on a future episode of NCIS or another one of those shows ! Remind me not to post any pictures ...
- Wed Nov 30, 2011 1:20 pm
- Forum: Car & Semi-Truck Construction
- Topic: wheel base work around
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3804
Re: wheel base work around
You can make a fast car with either standard or extended wheel base. There is no 'magic' with an extended wheel base. LOTS of other factors (alignment, wheel/axle prep, weight placement, etc.,) will determine if your car is fast.
- Wed Nov 30, 2011 9:24 am
- Forum: Car & Semi-Truck Construction
- Topic: Using a Tungsten Round this year
- Replies: 28
- Views: 21776
Re: Using a Tungsten Round this year
This is a forever debate. For us to be competitive in 4-wheel down BSA races, we put the COM at around 0.5" on extended WB cars and closer to 0.75" on standard wheel base cars. Weight was also placed as low as possible. That's with very good wheel work, alignment, etc., and cars that were ...
- Tue Nov 15, 2011 7:32 pm
- Forum: Maximum Velocity
- Topic: New Products from Maximum Velocity for the 2011-12 Season
- Replies: 3
- Views: 9214
Re: New Products from Maximum Velocity for the 2011-12 Seaso
Really a slick idea. Now if you made them a tad bigger, forget about polishing and knock off that stub so that you could embed that whole .2" high triangle into (not above) the car body at the very rear - that would be really cool !
Thanks Randy for helping the people on this forum !!!!
Thanks Randy for helping the people on this forum !!!!
- Tue Nov 15, 2011 7:27 pm
- Forum: Commercial
- Topic: Need help identifying timer/hardware; source for parts
- Replies: 10
- Views: 13810
Re: Need help identifying timer/hardware; source for parts
Another great reminder why its best to leave a copy of your circuit, parts list and software code with the item when you build something like this and leave the organization. I didn't look at the pictures very long, but it appears as if someone took an existing PIC with precise timing interface boar...
- Sun Nov 13, 2011 6:39 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Test track
- Replies: 11
- Views: 23158
Re: Test track
Our 3-lane, full length practice track was also built using inexpensive materials. It lasted long enough for our purposes and was probably a little over $100 including the timer kit. I only offer that mocking up the desired track's configuration is of greatest value because the stability issues you ...
- Wed Nov 09, 2011 12:45 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Test track
- Replies: 11
- Views: 23158
Re: Test track
My two cents would be that the timer isn't going to be of greatest advantage if your test track doesn't lay out and act like the race track. To optimize your setup, you need to be working on a similar-to track. Otherwise you are perfecting for the wrong track as a car that wiggles on one track might...