The new timers are way better, vk is correct breaking the beam, you could send a light bulb down...lol
Thanks all. 1st Place
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It was fun....Thanks to Microbrush and Bull Dog for the supply's. We hand made the fenders and now I need to gain 2 hundredth and I am set.
Here is our gear for one of my boys from this year.
Here is our gear for one of my boys from this year.
davet said:Thanks all for the help this year. My boy took 1st in the NorthernStar Council race today on 64' Best Track, LED lights and all. Thank you Microbrush for your awesome wheel covers. Average 3.7509 over 6 heats.
Good thing we weren't racing Microbrush or Lightninboy's sons because they were much faster and placed 1st in their respective races. Cubscoutdad's boy also took a 1st.
Nice Job Dave! After seeing that, I had to take this picture ...
Ha! Well, if it makes you feel better, I strategically cut out the window frame damage caused by a leak. And our car didn't have LEDs. ;-)
I couldn't make the race this year, and I'm really sorry I missed all you guys. Particularly you Dave since this is your boy's last year. I hope you consider joining us at the PWDR races. I'd love to see that car in person.
Yeah, our average was 3.7109 and our fastest time was 3.6939. I haven't seen all the results but the next fastest average I know about was 3.7253.
I couldn't make the race this year, and I'm really sorry I missed all you guys. Particularly you Dave since this is your boy's last year. I hope you consider joining us at the PWDR races. I'd love to see that car in person.
Yeah, our average was 3.7109 and our fastest time was 3.6939. I haven't seen all the results but the next fastest average I know about was 3.7253.
LightninBoy said:
I don't think I'll be doing any league racing because the build itself and design with my boy is really what I enjoy. We enjoyed trying to make the design he wanted into something competitive.
Besides, my wife has a long list of things for me to do now that derby season is over like take out trash, replace lightbulbs, put snow shovels away, shower. You know, all the stuff I didn't have time for while building.
I think I would enjoy helping out down at the shop but it's a long drive. We got there once and I enjoyed seeing the kids so excited about making their cars faster.
Hopefully the old CubScout pack will invite my boy and I back again to give a one night presentation designed for newbies to the "sport". We show them the order in which we build and basic stuff to help cut down on the frustration that can come. My boy could possibly earn service hours for it.
At our Pack race they had me float around during check-in. The scouts get two trial runs before they tech. If a car needed help they could come to me and get help. One car didn't make it to the end of track and a second barely did. I asked if they wanted some help and we did some tweaking. I spent no more than 3 minutes on either car and both came in first in their rank. Little things they forgot...like graphite and any wheel gap at all. If the cars wobbled they got the "that feels about right" amount of steer added. Some thought I was a magician. Maybe we can do that again too.
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I'd take a picture like that, but I don't have a bay window or led lights or fenders of anykind. LOL
davet said:
I'm not going to try and convince you to race in a league (any league), but the if building with your son is what you enjoy, you can continue to race periodically in a league, and have your son build the car. Right now, there is an 11yr old racing in the NPWDRL (not my son); he got in to it from Scout racing and does build his own car, 100% of it. Joel can attest to this as some of his cars were a little rough, but he is steadily getting better/faster. I also heard Benji's son might start racing in the NPWDRL. You and your son could race as well.
PWD league racing (in any league or venue) is good for all ages, and not just for juvenile adults, even if you do not race every month. You do not need all of the fancy tools to enjoy a good build, nor do you need to win every race.
11 yo league racer huh. He will be a force to reckon with in short order if he's under someone's wing. My boy wants to focus on moving through the BoyScout ranks. He has been talking about trying to get some kind of soapbox derby race going in his Troop. Not sure if that has any legs though since we're new to the troop.
Maybe some of the same principals as pinewood derby would apply. We would try to avoid the RR design though. /images/boards/smilies/wink.gif
Maybe some of the same principals as pinewood derby would apply. We would try to avoid the RR design though. /images/boards/smilies/wink.gif
Maglev said:
I do enjoy the competition and the build process. These cars take up so much time even at the scout level. We're not real proficient at the process so are cars aren't very refined. I can't imagine how much time it would take me to build a league-ready car.
My wife is glad we're done. Now I can get things done around the house like changing lightbulbs, furnace filter, put snow shovels away, cut grass, shower, etc. You know what I mean. Everything I didn't have time to do during race season.
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We should all chip in and have an anonymous box sent to Dave's house with some tungsten, some race axles and some BASX wheels and be all, "We're just gonna leave this right here..." /images/boards/smilies/wink.gif
You guys crack me up. I actually did just get the shovels put away on Sat evening...after the race. I may have to check-in every year just to see what's new. That way when I have grandkids in 20 years I won't have to start over again when my kids ask me to help.
In 20 yrs it may be that all the racing is just virtual racing. You sign on, build your car and wait for the computer to assign you to a race. After the race you can tweak or rebuild on the computer and wait for the computer to assign you a race. Just like a video game. Dad's won't even know what "The Silver Bullet" is what a pin vise is. Old timers will be telling them about how you could listen to the car roll and get an idea of how it was setup. They'll just blow you off as having dementia.
In 20 yrs it may be that all the racing is just virtual racing. You sign on, build your car and wait for the computer to assign you to a race. After the race you can tweak or rebuild on the computer and wait for the computer to assign you a race. Just like a video game. Dad's won't even know what "The Silver Bullet" is what a pin vise is. Old timers will be telling them about how you could listen to the car roll and get an idea of how it was setup. They'll just blow you off as having dementia.
For the last couple years I've been tossing around the idea of having a 5 week build and derby race at my church. The first 4 weeks would be building and a race on the 5th week. Nothing fancy. Whatever the kids can shape the first night and touch up over the process. I thought of just having a couple ice cream buckets with assorted types of weights (bolts, washers, nuts, etc) and kids can use them however they want. All stock axles wheels with whatever they build at the church.
Trying to get the neighborhood involved and let some kids that aren't in Scouts have some fun...including the girls.
Trying to get the neighborhood involved and let some kids that aren't in Scouts have some fun...including the girls.
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