Mid America, DT cars

[sporty]

These cars headed to the Mid America Race.

The Derby Talk decals, Are to honor the website. For allowing me to be able to help others and In hoping that I have and others helped families improve thru the information for scouts here in this website.









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Same car from last year with some upgrades.







Another car..







Another car::















Please no replies, until the other car builders have had a chance to post there cars. give it a few days. thank you.


Sporty

[whodathunkit]

Sporty,

For having never built a PWD car useing monokote.. I would like to say Thank You!
For helping me build my first I couldn't have built it with out your help and by sharing what you do here on DerbyTalk.

I'd also like to add-That all the cars look good & that mine has more wrinkels in it.



Mark

[knotthed]

I hope this works - first time posting pics.

Mom and Dad's cars are not started yet and given the variance in the rules, we are likely starting over for our Cub.

My little girl's entry, from our pack race.

"Layla" build info;
DerbyWorx Precision Stock Wheels ~ 2.4 grams
Maximum Velocity 4094 BSA Speed Axles
1/4" Tungsten Cubes 4 oz - 12 fore & 12 aft rear axle
Rear Axles Drilled with 1.5 Deg negative camber(Stan's fence method)
Left Front Rail Rider, Axle bent 2.5 deg





My Son's entry from our pack race - we may build another, since this one is sequestered till April 13-14th.
(Results are in we took 3rd overall for the Bears at the council race)
Now we will have to decide what to change for mid america.

"Robin" build info;
Stock Wheels sorted for runout and smallest bores with pin gauges
Prepped with Sportys Micro Mesh bore prep process by hand
BSA axles with heads tapered with (our own custom tool)
1/4" Tungsten Cubes 4 oz - 12 fore & 12 aft rear axle
Rear Axles Drilled with 1.5 Deg negative camber(Stan's fence method)
Left Front Rail Rider, Axle bent 1.5 deg






"Batman" build info;
Wheels - tbd
Axles - tbd
Weight - tbd
Rear Axles Drilled with 2 Deg negative camber(Block/Silver Bullet)
Right Front Rail Rider, Axle bent ? deg


"Knotty Eyes" build info;
Wheels - Derby works Pro Interia Lites
Axles - tbd
1/4" Tungsten Cubes 4 oz - 12 fore & 12 aft rear axle
Rear Axles Drilled with 2 Deg negative camber(Block/Silver Bullet)
Right Front Rail Rider, Axle bent ? deg






"53G - HD" build info;
Wheels - tbd
Axles - tbd
1/4" Tungsten Cubes 4 oz - 12 fore & 12 aft rear axle
Rear Axles Drilled with 2 Deg negative camber(Block/Silver Bullet)
Right Front Rail Rider, Axle bent ? deg

[rcmoeur]

They all look impressive.

[sporty]

More cars coming. Stay tuned.

[Speedster]

This is my wife's car, The "Butterfly". She mentioned to me that if I beat her in any race I should plan on getting my cooking someplace else. I was fortunate to have found some old "99" wheels and some White Teflon for Lube. There's probably some old rusty axles around here someplace. That should keep me safe. Hopefully I'll be able to post a picture of my car in a week or so.
Cheers,
Speedster

[Ickabod]

Here is one of my son's car that will race in our district race this Sunday, then will race in the Mid-America Derby.

[pgosselin]

Here are our two entries for Mid-America: "Swan Song 1" and "Swan Song 2." Please pardon the graphite. Once I clean these up a little, the DerbyTalk stickers will pop a little more.

Paul

Swan Song 1 uses a 3 oz slotted tungsten round and assorted tungsten cylinders as the main ballast.








Swan Song 2 uses tungsten cubes and Sporty's "Spoon" design.

[Scrollsawer]

Wow...

Those are some serious cars you guys have built. This is going to be really fun to watch! I will post pics of ours next week.

Regards,

Scrollsawer

[Noskills]

Will try posting from another picture hosting site. Hope this works. Excuse the lousy pictures they were taken with my phone.





With all those super thin extended wheelbase cars out there I am having short fat car issues...Yet like the Millennium Falcon I am hoping "...she may not look like much but she has it where it counts!"

Seth (Noskills)

P.S. I am making a list of all DTer who are entering the mid america. PM me if I have neglected to contact you.

[Scrollsawer]

Seth,

I think you've got a mean looking car there. Your Millenium Falcon reference alone should earn you some additional 'Parsecs' during the race.

Scrollsawer

[FatSebastian]

"Swan Song 1" and "Swan Song 2."

Like the cars and the names!

[Speedster]

The weight has been added, the wheels installed and the paint is dry. Time to get "Rolling", so to speak. My wife, Sharon, (Butterfly) and I wish all the DT racers the "Best of Luck". Your cars are all beautiful and they look very, very FAST. Race Day will soon be here. Once again, GOOD LUCK !
Cheers,
Bill (Speedster)

[pgosselin]

With all those super thin extended wheelbase cars out there I am having short fat car issues...Yet like the Millennium Falcon I am hoping "...she may not look like much but she has it where it counts!"

Seth, a standard wheel base car can actually be faster than an extended wheelbase car. The extended wheel base makes alignment easier with more aggressive COMs and smooths out some of the ride. But it also sucks a tiny bit of speed away. A perfectly aligned standard wheel base car can be wicked fast. I prefer the extended base just because I have a hard time getting a standard wheel base car aligned. So, in a way, you've got an advantage over the rest of us.

Paul

[pgosselin]

"Swan Song 1" and "Swan Song 2."

Like the cars and the names!

Thanks, FS. I thought they were appropriate.

Paul