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- Sun Sep 03, 2006 9:11 am
- Forum: Raingutter Regatta
- Topic: Wind Power - Younger Scouts vs. Older Scouts
- Replies: 4
- Views: 16063
Re: Wind Power - Younger Scouts vs. Older Scouts
billbillb, While racing within the Ranks; don't forget the other non-offical Ranks in Scouting: the adults and siblings! We have races among the Leaders and Parents as well as among the other brothers and sisters of our Cub Scouts (siblings 11 years and older are considered Adults for our races). Th...
- Wed Aug 30, 2006 11:48 am
- Forum: Raingutter Regatta
- Topic: Wind Power - Younger Scouts vs. Older Scouts
- Replies: 4
- Views: 16063
Re: Wind Power - Younger Scouts vs. Older Scouts
I don't think that there is a way to equalize the lung capacity advantage an older Cub Scout has versus a younger Cub Scout. While a very skilled younger Captain can beat a less experienced older Captain (even us 40+ year old 'boys' :roll: ), we don't have this situation happen very often. Most of o...
- Wed Aug 30, 2006 11:08 am
- Forum: General Car/Truck Racer Topics
- Topic: Hurricane Party!
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4801
Re: Hurricane Party!
I thought that was one of the membership qualifications for Derby Talk???FAST Racing wrote:Just in case you think I'm a little crazy
- Wed Aug 09, 2006 4:53 pm
- Forum: Raingutter Regatta
- Topic: New to Raingutter... need pics!
- Replies: 10
- Views: 32664
Re: New to Raingutter... need pics!
Teeeman, I've only seen one Cat at a RR race in person but unfortunately my cameraman was more interested in something else besides taking pictures and we didn't end up with one of this boat. Don't know if you would want to copy it as it did not do so well due to trying to nose over when raced. It w...
- Wed Aug 09, 2006 4:10 pm
- Forum: Raingutter Regatta
- Topic: Tropies and medals??
- Replies: 4
- Views: 17069
Re: Tropies and medals??
Krjpy, I used both sites trophy builder or build your own trophy - whatever they call it pages to have a look at their available figurines. Than I looked for Boat or Regatta figurines and found that they were listed under Boats. After typing the above I figured I had time before Scouts to give you t...
- Mon Aug 07, 2006 11:39 am
- Forum: Raingutter Regatta
- Topic: Tropies and medals??
- Replies: 4
- Views: 17069
Re: Tropies and medals??
Krjpy, Looking for some trophies for Raingutter Regatta myself. I can't remember who we've gotten them from in the past but I took a few minutes at lunch and found some at Crown Awards ( http://www.crownawards.com/StoreFront/indexmain.html ) and Dinn Brothers ( http://store.dinntrophy.com/store/gene...
- Sun Jun 25, 2006 2:47 pm
- Forum: Raingutter Regatta
- Topic: Song - Regatta Day
- Replies: 0
- Views: 13754
Song - Regatta Day
#3: Regatta Day (Tune: "When Johnny Comes Marching Home") Regatta Day is finally here! Hurrah! Hurrah! I whittled my hull and I fashioned my sail. Hurrah! Hurrah! All the boys will cheer; all the parents shout; I blew so hard; blew my lungs clear out! And, I'll Do My Best on Regatta Day th...
- Sun Jun 25, 2006 2:45 pm
- Forum: Raingutter Regatta
- Topic: Song - A Pirate's Life For Me
- Replies: 0
- Views: 13287
Song - A Pirate's Life For Me
#2: A Pirate's Life For Me! (Tune: "My Country T'is Of Thee") I sail the seven seas- My motley crew and me; And all our fleas. We loot and plunder gold. We're scoundrels crude and bold. Our exploits mostly go untold- A pirate's life for me! When seas become too rough, True pirates show the...
- Sun Jun 25, 2006 2:44 pm
- Forum: Raingutter Regatta
- Topic: Song - Row Row Row Your Boat (Raingutter Regatta Style)
- Replies: 0
- Views: 13921
Song - Row Row Row Your Boat (Raingutter Regatta Style)
At home today and the badly needed rain we are getting has detained us from working on the Raingutter Regatta Tracks that we are building for the District. So I thought I would post the songs we sing at our Pack's Raingutter Regatta every year. Here is the first: Row Your Boat – Raingutter Regatta S...
- Fri Jun 23, 2006 12:03 pm
- Forum: Car & Semi-Truck Construction
- Topic: Recycling parts POLL
- Replies: 12
- Views: 11930
Re: Recycling parts POLL
We have reused the Tungsten cubes from a few 'experienced' cars that had been retired. We remove the Tungsten from the epoxy by first heating it with a 75 or 100 watt bulb. You have to be careful when doing this so you won't overheat the car and possibly the paint. :roll: Use some needle nose pliers...
- Wed Jun 21, 2006 11:34 am
- Forum: Raingutter Regatta
- Topic: Music
- Replies: 3
- Views: 13784
Re: Music
Kurt, I never thought about Raingutter Regatta theme music before. Than again we usually use a pirate theme if any and I don't know of any pirate music. We do sing some Raingutter Regatta themed songs though and I would be happy to share them if you (or anyone else) would like. Send me a PM for my e...
- Fri Apr 21, 2006 11:36 am
- Forum: General Topics
- Topic: Timing Device
- Replies: 3
- Views: 12945
Re: Timing Device
I've been looking into some timing system for Cubmobile as well and would be interested in your thoughts on John's solution to this. I would rather run something other than a elimination method and with timing I could use GPRM! I was thinking of going with a pressure sensitive mat - like the ones us...
- Thu Feb 02, 2006 9:44 am
- Forum: General Coordinator Topics
- Topic: Inexpensive Trophies
- Replies: 26
- Views: 36047
Re: Inexpensive Trophies
Ranman, I should get pictures of them before they all go away to thier new owners... but I would have to find a way to post the pictures. I believe I have a site to host the pictures but just need to sit down and have it done. Too much going on right now: we just got done with hosting the District L...
- Thu Feb 02, 2006 8:03 am
- Forum: General Coordinator Topics
- Topic: Inexpensive Trophies
- Replies: 26
- Views: 36047
Re: Inexpensive Trophies
Ranman, We are using trophies from TrophyOutlet.com for the District Pinewood Derby Race that our Pack is hosting this year. We went with Set A's (1st - 3rd) for each Rank and a 1st - 5th place set of Set Q's for overall fastest. Set Q shows only 1st - 3rd on the web site but after calling and speak...
- Sat Jan 21, 2006 9:47 am
- Forum: Car & Semi-Truck Construction
- Topic: Semi Weight
- Replies: 17
- Views: 18317
Re: Semi Weight
I’ve always been interested in the semi-trucks since I heard about them many years ago. I think that it would be rather neat to have this as an additional race or even just to use as a static display or pwd car carrier! I don’t know about the weight placement but would guess that as far back as you ...