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Ja, natürlich, warum habe ich vorher nicht daran gedacht!

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Congrats! We had our district race yesterday and my boys finished second and third. The final times screen showed their cars to be .04 and .02 faster than the 1st place car’s fastest run, but they both had one run each that was .3 slower than their fastest run. I figured it was just an...

If the car was running straight down the lane as opposed to riding the rail, your thinking would be correct and the wheel hub would rub the body. However, this doesn’t happen because the dominant front wheel is narrowed 1/16” and rubs the rail the whole way down.

Good luck!

I’d agree, it looks much better than it sounded. Great work so far.

This we gotta see...how about some pictures!

Congrats!

Vengeance!

Try some heat shrink tubing.

Of course, that’s why I wiped it down twice.

You have no idea. I volunteered to set up the track this year after our cars few off two years in a row. I asked about supplies to wipe the track off and was told wiping the graphite off just makes the run times slower at the start. The stop section looked some it hadn’t been wiped in at...

I found this helpful. As with all things pinewood derby, you just have to do some experimenting on the track yourself and see what works. http://pinewoodderbyphysics.com/pdf%20files/Lecture%204.pdf

Congrats and thanks for sharing the video.

Sweet. Love it when the hard work pays off.