Evaluating My Son's Car at MA

[CivilWarTalk]

Well, I'm very happy with our results, this is our first time Proxy racing, and our first time using DD4H products.

Adam's car finished 6th of 22 in the Scout Open Graphite Division among Wolves, and 33 of 114 Overall.

Originally I built this car before I found DD4H or this forum, and I designed it to run as per our Council rules with axles in axle slots, very basic. A month ago I drilled new axle holes with the Silver Bullet and added DD4H axles and graphite...

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwQH_zjE5E0[/video]

Boy was I nervous after the first run, we ran a 2.99, and still came in 6th in the very first heat of the day, I thought we were done for!

After that I realized after a few heats that we must have been in a very fast group in the first heat. Then Adam's car won 3 of his heats and I was feeling a bit better!

Not sure what happened in the 4th heat, Adam's car looks like pulls way ahead at the bottom of the hill like it was stung in the butt by a bee!

The runs seemed very consistent, the first run was the fastest at 2.9957, followed by 2.9989, 3.0106, 3.0192, 3.0172, and our slowest time was the last one, 3.0246

I don't see any bad wiggles in the car, do you? I questioned the staging on the 4th run, but he still ran a decent time.

For next year I need a slimmer and more aero body, fenders on all four wheels, and lighter wheels! And I'll have a second boy racing so that means two cars. Maybe by then I'll know something about Oil, and we can play in that division as well.

I'll be keeping DD4H busy!

Comparing our Council race to this one is tough, it was run on a 49' Best Track, but if I go by scale MPH, our car was running a 200.6 in the council races, and as high as 214.51 in the MA race. Okay, you probably can't really do that, but it seems like a big improvement!

 

[derbychip]

Glad you enjoyed it...as you can tell the racing is very tight. Its a rush for all the kids (and dads) too see how they stack up vs some of the best built scout cars out there.

 

[Crash Enburn]

I just watched the video. I have to admit, I got really excited for you and Adam when he won that third heat. /images/boards/smilies/biggrin.gif

 

[CivilWarTalk]

I just watched the video. I have to admit, I got really excited for you and Adam when he won that third heat. /images/boards/smilies/biggrin.gif

Yeah, we were jumping up and down while watching the live feed!

 

[B_Regal Racing]

Enderman? Huh....

I had a scout from our den send in an Enderman as well. Small world (or maybe not as it pertains to Minecraft).

I would not compare speeds from one track to another; there can be a lot of variation. I'm also not sure staging had as much to do with the speed as opposed to the cars around you.

A great way to learn is to race with us, and come this time next year, you and your son can be more prepared. I can tell you its a great deal of fun.

 

[CivilWarTalk]

Enderman? Huh....

I had a scout from our den send in an Enderman as well. Small world (or maybe not as it pertains to Minecraft).

I would not compare speeds from one track to another; there can be a lot of variation. I'm also not sure staging had as much to do with the speed as opposed to the cars around you.

A great way to learn is to race with us, and come this time next year, you and your son can be more prepared. I can tell you its a great deal of fun.

I'm planning to, I have the most of the parts for a Basx car, I just need to get some of John's axles and oil, should be ready to try a run in maybe August or so!

My son is eager to learn as well, he likes that we can build speedy cars, and my no. 2 son can't wait to try racing, he just registered as a tiger, so I've got years more racing ahead!

 

[B_Regal Racing]

Look forward to racing with you (I'm an amateur myself but enjoy racing). If you have any questions during the race, you can also chat with everybody while you watch the live feed. Its the next best thing to being there live.