Derby Talk

John,

Very interesting concept. I'll be watching for more information.

Thanks for the advance information.

Do you feel that 3 points is enough or If you could have had more check points, where would you have put them? I am thinking one closer to the gate, say within the first 2 feet of the pin. before the curve, after the curve, then the flat followed by final. Maybe 5? I guess the real question is........

I have a 32' wooden track. Two lanes, one of which I mainly used for tuning. 3 timing points as that is what came with my DT1000? timer :). First at the bottom of the ramp, second at the 24' mark, and the last at the finish line. I used the last two to get what I could for how much the cat was slowi...

I had a muti-point timing system on when I was using a wooden track for testing/tuning. I thought it helped me tremendously. It made it simple to tell if it bumped the track, triggered the start gate differently, those types of issues in particular. Without it, I just would have thought it was my tu...

I would think you could do it.

I would use a base plank out of pine or wood of your building choice, then use balsa for the rest as it would be way lighter than straight pine and allow you to maximize the weight placement.

Would it work to be able to input a time of the user's choosing at which any time slower would generate a warning box? That might work for competitive races, but if there any pretty slow cars that can skew things leading to many false warnings. Maybe it could be adjustable during the race? It would...

Randy, Would it work to be able to input a time of the user's choosing at which any time slower would generate a warning box? That way each user could select a time that would correspond to their track. EX, The track we used the slowest time was 3.250. If we could be able to tell the software to not...

I stage the DFW about a 1/32" off the rail then the rears/rest of the car straight off that point.

I'll third the Hob-E-Lube recommendation.

It's tried and true.

Could also be that they have built that design before and know where approximately the COM will end up. They just decided to weight it there to not have to fight with reducing weight after it was finished. That is one of the advantages of toying with the same design. You get a feel for how it will t...

I would like to put the question another way. What order do you do things in? The reason for asking the question is simple. Each step takes a finite amount of time. Obviously there are some steps that cannot be skipped (installing the wheels!) but some could if you started late and didn't have enou...

As said, there are many factors. I would think it's going to be at least one of alignment, prep, or weight. Do you know how much weight you added to the car? Normally you should have to add at least 3.25 oz. Like Sporty said, all three are very intertwined so it's hard to hazzard a guess without mor...

How do you define "best"? I suppose best is some sort of composite of price, time and quality to yield a good shopping experience. Sounds like the earlier posts named a few good sources to try. Where are you in MI if I can ask? Always nice to see another local face here We are in the Sagi...

Most of the online vendors carry the tungsten cubes now.

I have ordered them from Maximum Velocity as well as Derby Evolution. Been happy with the service from both.

Where are you in MI if I can ask? Always nice to see another local face here

Are you able to rotate the rear axles at all? You could possibly have a small bend in one of them and the wheel it just catching it on some runs. If you can rotate the axle, I would try turning the one at a time 90 degrees to see if that helps - if you have access to a test track of course. That hap...