RACE RESULTS ADDED - Helped my neighbor's son build a faster car

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Congratulations!! Looks like one happy boy!

Our rules aren't that lenient. If our car jumps track once, we get a rerun, it jumps twice, for any reason, it's a DQ from the race.
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Scrollsawer wrote:[quote="Gtdhw"

Maybe you're thinking that they are 1/4 inch in size?

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That would be where the disconnect was, lol.
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Your car looks like it has Positive Camber on the DFW. Did any other cars have the same problem?
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Speedster wrote:Your car looks like it has Positive Camber on the DFW. Did any other cars have the same problem?
I am fairly confident that we were the only car running camber. Yes, the DFW did have positive camber, so by my thinking, the DFW hit a low section of the track rail, near where the joints were likely misaligned.

A couple of other cars jumped their lanes once. It was only lane three, where we were rail running that we had the 3 jumps.
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Gtdhw wrote:Congratulations!! Looks like one happy boy!

Our rules aren't that lenient. If our car jumps track once, we get a rerun, it jumps twice, for any reason, it's a DQ from the race.
I'm not sure I like that rule, as in this case, it would have punished anyone running positive camber on their cars. To me, it would signify a track issue, not a car issue, as the car had successfully completed two runs in lanes 1 and 2. Lane 3 introduced the problem.

As it turns out, the race administrators did locate the problem, and correct it so the boys' car could complete his run in lane 3, but the car had been dinged up a good bit by then.
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Speedster wrote:Your car looks like it has Positive Camber on the DFW. Did any other cars have the same problem?
SPEEDSTER, welcome to your 1,000th post, you Pinehead Legend, you! 8)

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Congratulations Scrollsawer!
Oh the battle scars of a race well run for the car Max D.

And Speedster congrats on the post!
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Scrollsawer wrote:
I'm not sure I like that rule, as in this case, it would have punished anyone running positive camber on their cars. To me, it would signify a track issue, not a car issue, as the car had successfully completed two runs in lanes 1 and 2. Lane 3 introduced the problem.

I agree, and don;t like the rule either.

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Terrific! And whats better I see more help from now until his Web 2 year :)
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Noskills wrote:Terrific! And whats better I see more help from now until his Web 2 year :)
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Too funny! Yes, I suspect he'll be coming back around next year as well.

I'm seriously considering conducting a Pinewood Derby 'build school' for the Pack next year, just to show them how to make faster cars. I think that would 'lift all boats', versus just handing the baton to another kid to be the unbeatable champ for the next few years.

I am doing a fair amount of research into Arduinos for the Mid-America. Would like to make another Green Lantern type car, but this time, I'd like to animate the ring with LEDs.

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