Recent content by BobbyHamms

That's not a bad idea, if I can't saw it out, I'll definitely give that a shot. Or I can see of my son can do the method you mentioned. Thanks.

I'll have to give the band saw a shot, I can always borrow a scroll saw too. Thanks.

I did recently get a band saw, I have some blocks I can practice on. Thanks.

Hi Everyone, I'm curious about the notch I've seen on the car body by the DFW. Does it make a rail riding car that much more effective? From what I have seen, it seems the advantage is that it helps further ensure that the rear wheel does not make contact with the center rail. Also, does...

Thanks for the advice!

Makes sense, I watched the video from Lightnin Boy that you recommended. Good stuff, I was worried the the axle holes might get disturbed, but no sense in doing all that work if the alignment is off to begin with. Thanks for your reply.

Hi Everyone, I was curious if anyone had an opinion on this. I'm attempting to make weight pockets in the rear of the car body and then do some form of a ladder body. Would it be best to router out the weight pockets, router out the ladder sections and then drill the axle holes. Or would you...

Are the hubs coned on those? Or just trued with no other modifications? Our rules are rather strict on wheels. Thank you.

Thanks DD4H, that is not something I have access to right now. I'll not worry about coning and focus on polishing it up properly.

They raise up the track at the end and it goes into a pillow, that is for the pack race. I put in an email to the race organizer for the council race, I can't remember what they had last year. Car can't be fast if it's broken!

Hi Everyone, I had a question regarding wheel prep. In my son's pack, we are not able to do much to the wheels, aside from smoothing out the tread edges and polishing the wheel tread. The rules do say that we can cone the hubs. This is not something that we did last year and I was wondering if...

My dad was nice enough to get me the DD4H silver bullet xtreme for Christmas. I’ll look into that drill bit and I’ll check out those videos, thank you for your reply.

That’s a good point and I will check with the scout master/race officials because I can’t remember what was used last year. If it is a crash box, do you think a ladder design like the 5kidsracing one where you cut out a 1/4” section across, leave a 1/4” inch section and alternate along the...

I agree with you, since we are trying several new things this year, it is probably best not to push things too far. I think I will stick with that 5" wheelbase and maybe push the COM a little more, I remember both the pack and council racetracks being very smooth. Thanks for your advice, we...

Hi everyone, my son and I are looking to kick it up a couple of notches this year. Last year we did a simple wedge, used the standard wheelbase, along with the original axle slots and we did not make a rail rider. We did pretty well for our first outing, 2nd overall in our district. Our rules do...