what will this car do?
Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2018 9:33 pm
We had our 2nd Annual derby workshop at church today in prep for the race on Oct 20th. I had some helpers with no building experience working with me so you already know I was busier than a one-armed paper hanger on a windy day.
I was tuning cars on the tuning table and was brought the last car of the day. It's a MN Vikings car with balsa horns stuck to the sides on the rear. Very cool car. BUT, the helper cut it out with the slots on opposite ends. The car was done and I discovered we had .07 oz on the DFW. That's darn near a zero COM.
We did some work on it and I was able to get it to .58 oz on the DFW. Will this car behave the same as a standard car with the same weight on the DFW or will it act lighter on the front?
It weighs 4.95 oz now. I'm tempted to add some putty under the front end.
Thanks all.
I was tuning cars on the tuning table and was brought the last car of the day. It's a MN Vikings car with balsa horns stuck to the sides on the rear. Very cool car. BUT, the helper cut it out with the slots on opposite ends. The car was done and I discovered we had .07 oz on the DFW. That's darn near a zero COM.
We did some work on it and I was able to get it to .58 oz on the DFW. Will this car behave the same as a standard car with the same weight on the DFW or will it act lighter on the front?
It weighs 4.95 oz now. I'm tempted to add some putty under the front end.
Thanks all.