I (I mean my son) has been successful with his cars the first 3 years. Last month, he won his den for the 3rd year, won the Pack for the 2nd year, and going to District next month. He won the den for District each year and last year was 3rd overall. But I am trying to find out what more we can do to get better.
1) Our car is thin with only 7 grams for the wood alone.
2) Weight at the back, less than 1" fwd of axle. Tungsten disc with epoxy putty dome above encasing smaller tungsten weights.
3) Wheels and axles are sanded/bored/polished pretty intensely.
4) Runs on 3 wheels (front, right is raised).
5) Rear wheels angled out at their base.
6) Front left wheel angled out on top.
7) Wheels rotated to get just a couple inches steer to the right as a rail rider.
8) The axle holes are drilled so that the wheels are right out to the full 7" length of the car.
We don't use fenders. We have virtually no weight in the front. All weight is evenly set left-right. So what am I missing? Is there a next step I can take? I did notice at the Pack race this year we got faster with every race, so I think the graphite and wheel bore polishing was working well.
Thanks!
1) Our car is thin with only 7 grams for the wood alone.
2) Weight at the back, less than 1" fwd of axle. Tungsten disc with epoxy putty dome above encasing smaller tungsten weights.
3) Wheels and axles are sanded/bored/polished pretty intensely.
4) Runs on 3 wheels (front, right is raised).
5) Rear wheels angled out at their base.
6) Front left wheel angled out on top.
7) Wheels rotated to get just a couple inches steer to the right as a rail rider.
8) The axle holes are drilled so that the wheels are right out to the full 7" length of the car.
We don't use fenders. We have virtually no weight in the front. All weight is evenly set left-right. So what am I missing? Is there a next step I can take? I did notice at the Pack race this year we got faster with every race, so I think the graphite and wheel bore polishing was working well.
Thanks!
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