Fast pinewood derby cars have light wheels. Trim as much weight from your wheels as possible (but keep the wheel balanced) without violating your district's rules. Improve the looks of your wheels by painting the spokes with a silver, white or red marker. It is very easy just rub the ma...
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Best Pinewood Derby Stock Wheels #15 Mold. Best BSA wheel based on roundness, bore hub concentricity , and bore size. Minimum imperfections
He asked “Could we build it to look like a real car?” Being a car guy myself, I thought that would be a great idea. I had never thought about pinewood derby cars having fenders. The ones I had built with my dad (in the early 1970s) were the open wheel, vintage race car ...
Design Modifications Thin Wheels- shave down the wheel width so they look like bicycle tires. This causes a very thin track contact point for less friction. It also has less mass in the wheels meaning less inertia and less energy to get the wheels spinning at the start. ...
The event used PineCar-brand kits. The rules are rather basic: five ounces, standard dimensions, use wheels/axles in the kit, etc. Obviously, these rules leave a lot of unanswered questions (axle holes versus slots, extended versus standard wheelbase, wheel modifications, etc.). Not having ...
23 thoughts on “Pinewood Derby Scale Measures CG” Daniel says: July 29, 2021 at 1:20 pm i don’t want to give away this secret, but i can’t resist, you actually want one of the front wheels to be lifted off the track. 1 less wheel = less friction and less rotational ...
The Fastest YouTube Pinewood Derby Car kit Weight by Derby Dust® is a variation of our lightweight pinewood derby car body. It utilizes a 1″tungstendisc with alead canopystyle weight that sits flush on top. Coming in around 13 grams, wood is precisely removed to eliminate wheel rub and...
–Feature Article – Effect of Wheel Weight on Performance – Pinewood Derby Car Showcase – Memory – Mrs. Bubba’s Do’s and Don’ts – Q&A Effect of Wheel Weight on…