Recent content by BigKat

Well, we finished 4th at Districts. Solid showing. All 4 of our pack's kids made the finals (16 finalists, about 80 cars total). The first place car flew. Track was so slow. Cars were barely breaking the 3.1 sec barrier. Overall was a great season. Be back at it in the fall.....

As to the rules CJ, those are the district rules, but our pack follows them. Our council doesn't have a race, so I looked at the 14 districts in the council to see if different rules. It's all over the map on the wheels, wheelbase, lube, etc. So we are the lucky ones with district rules...

I love teaching my boy the science and physics of it all as well. Hearing him explain Center of Mass and friction points to another adult is priceless!

Thanks guys. I'll post in March how it did at districts. Going to be a very long month, ha!

Thanks CWT. Averaged 3.051, but on the third heat the car hit a seam and skipped (was doing that all day in that lane), resulting in a 3.083 bringing the average up. Taking that out, it would have averaged 3.040, fastest run was 3.027. I inspected the FDW and didn't see any marks or damage...

Evening gents, long time lurker, first post. Learned more here in the last year than ever did the prior 4 years of feeding this addiction. If only I found it, Black Ice and ZF graphite sooner, but I digress.. Boy won Pack this past weekend (yay team!, back to back I will add) and feel his...