Gizmodo Takes on Pinewood Racing
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IAE Racing said:
Not that car, if he built one for league. And didn't bend his rear axles.
+1
Did anyone else see IAE in the red blocks??
Ya, but never met the guy. LOL
Very high.
I agree with 5 kids on the grooved axle. Take a perfectly round rod and place it on an uneven surface and it is not stable, now place a small block under each end and now the rod is stable. Kinda like a 3 legged chair vs a 4 legged chair, on uneven surfaces the 3 legged chair is stable.
5KidsRacing said:
It's obvious he didnt talk to John or that car would of been smoking fast. I have no doubt given time he could make a fast car though
3phase said:
An axle bender for the DFW could still be a good investment if you're not a sure hand with a hammer and wedge like my son /images/boards/smilies/smile.gif
W&K Creations said:
Agree. Overall I think the video is great. In our quite competitive district/council these techniques would produce a car that would get you to the council race and maybe even place top 10 in rank at council. I know because we built cars like that and that's what they did.
It's too bad that he didn't share his times so that we could see if his car was truly fast in the broader sense. With that said, a little CSI sleuthing tells me that his car ran about a 2.62 on what looks like a 35 ft BestTrack. I asked for some help from a fellow board member to convert that time to a "best guess" on a 42 ft track, and he came back with approximately 3.16 seconds. Anybody can look like a 7 foot giant if you're using a short yardstick.
The assistant cubmaster in my sons pack just posted this video on the pack Facebook page for every boy to see. We will see who's techniques prevail at our upcoming race in May.
Yes I did spend a good amount of time on the phone with him. He made some glaring errors.
1. He said you don't need to drill the holes canted.
2. No difference in grooved or non grooved.
3. No difference in different types of graphite.
4. All winning cars are rail riders. (Sorry, no rail riders win! Rail RUNNERS do!)
There were more but it is obvious he got free stuff to try out. He bought the axles pre bent. I don't generally appeal to guys like this because they do not connect with my methods. I am not scientific enough. You hurt more people telling them to bend rear axles than you help. Once again another victim to the pinewood derby vortex.
Once he races a real car he might want to revisit his video. I would think a guy like this would make certain of his info before putting it out there to keep his credibility. Que Sara Sara
1. He said you don't need to drill the holes canted.
2. No difference in grooved or non grooved.
3. No difference in different types of graphite.
4. All winning cars are rail riders. (Sorry, no rail riders win! Rail RUNNERS do!)
There were more but it is obvious he got free stuff to try out. He bought the axles pre bent. I don't generally appeal to guys like this because they do not connect with my methods. I am not scientific enough. You hurt more people telling them to bend rear axles than you help. Once again another victim to the pinewood derby vortex.
Once he races a real car he might want to revisit his video. I would think a guy like this would make certain of his info before putting it out there to keep his credibility. Que Sara Sara
Yeah it is too bad since he actually find and contact you about how the fastest pinewood derby cars are built then proceeded to ignore it. I bet he talked to a derby worx vendor as well and got an ear full from them about being easier to just bend the axles then drilling them canted. Although he did have a few errors in his video I think it will help more scouts then hurt. If they still get beat after putting in a lot of hard work and want to get faster they will eventually find this site.
I think you should really try to put out some videos on youtube showing the difference between rail riding and rail running and why running is better. TBH I think you'd get more traffic if you put out more content, dangle a few more carrots.
I think you should really try to put out some videos on youtube showing the difference between rail riding and rail running and why running is better. TBH I think you'd get more traffic if you put out more content, dangle a few more carrots.
5KidsRacing said:
Well done and respectful!
But I honestly wonder if you guys will ever tire of slaying the rail riding versus rail running terminology windmill.
LightninBoy said:
Did you say treadmill? ooh no you said windmill.... lol...
Have a great Easter everybody!
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LightninBoy said:
NOPE!
You obviously don't know the history, no disrespect intended. /images/boards/smilies/smile.gif
Good video, but one thing I find way out of whack is a car with graphite will beat a car with no graphite by less than one car length???? I find this hard to believe.
2 years ago at my kids' school, one dad entered a couple cars, they did not have graphite and they came up about 5 feet short of the finish line. Half way through the races when we were on lunch break, I put graphite in the bores for him. Let me tell you, those cars not only finished after that, they were actually some of the faster cars.
2 years ago at my kids' school, one dad entered a couple cars, they did not have graphite and they came up about 5 feet short of the finish line. Half way through the races when we were on lunch break, I put graphite in the bores for him. Let me tell you, those cars not only finished after that, they were actually some of the faster cars.
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