I have built and raced many cars with my son. All of these are solid, winning tips. The only exception is the very last comment about building a car to 4.7 ounces. If your target is 5.0 then build as close to that and then, if allowed, use the race organizers scale at weigh in time to confirm where you are at and come prepared with some small increment stick-on or glue on weights and super-glue them on to get as close to the allowable weight as possible without going over. Tungston weights can be added to take up less space but add the weight you need.

@SpecificLove7

9 жыл бұрын

Robert Bond You are exactly right about the weight. I was just trying to get accross to the viewers that if you do not have access to the race time scale, it is better to be slightly off than taking a chance to to be over. I should have stated that more clearly. Having extra weights is a great idea. Thanks for such a well thought out comment.

I have a project in my 1st year of college that pretty much requires me to build a derby racer and this was so helpefull !!!!

That is very cool. It is much like today. Thank you for sharing.

Thank you. I had so much fun doing this, I will be preparing early for next year.

Thank you very much for the invitation, but not right now. I really just built the car for my son's Boy Scouts.

Thank you for the tips! Our Kub Pack doesn't allow graphite in the axles until after the first race. Also, we can't switch out wheels. Besides this, i think I'm going to add the weight in the back on this year's cars and examine the cars i had as a kid and see if we did the weight distribution correctly. Another tip...don't let the judges drill in your weights! :D My daughter's car last year had the weights spread equally throughout the car...she didn't win, or even come in any of the finals.

We did all the traditional derbies: Pinewood and Rain Gutter, and ceremonies like Arrow of Light. We also had a 'partnershaft' partnership with German scouts at a town called Baunach (near Bamberg) and would travel to their really nice campground and do parades and activities. Fun times.

Very cool. I was concerned about our scale too. I was a cheap thing. And top 10 out of 150 cars is nothing to laugh at. Thanks for sharing.

All those cars were very slick. Lots of new gadgetry for pinewood cars! Enjoyed the video (I was a Cubmaster in Germany in the late 70's).

Great job thank you for sharing so many details

followed this design, my first time tiger cub took second (only by a smidge) and is going to districts. GREAT design!

@SpecificLove7

10 жыл бұрын

That is awesome. Wish you the best.

okay, thanks for the info

my son just joined the scouts and our first race in in 2 months and I plan on helping him win, thanks for the video!

@SpecificLove7

7 жыл бұрын

+pmm4177 Very welcome

@jamessoroe5605

7 жыл бұрын

pmm4177 How'd it go?

@pmm4177

7 жыл бұрын

James Soroe won best race car and 3rd best design. My son was excited!

Thats nice. Reminds me of the days my son was in the scouts. I've helped him build several of those.

Back when my dad build our pinewood derby cars, ahem I mean we kids built our pinewood derby cars, we poured melted lead into drilled holes, until the car was a bit above 5 oz, then used a drill to drill out lead at the race until the car weighed exactly 5.00 oz on the race scale. We also cut pieces from the remaining wood block to glue to the sides making fenders to guide air around the wheels, placing them before the front wheel, between the two wheels and after the back wheel. they didn't extend beyond the wheels, and were completely legal. We dominated our local pinewood derby and scout-o-rama. i can still remember sitting for hours before the races pouring graphite into the wheel hubs and spinning them over and over.

@SpecificLove7

9 жыл бұрын

x1134x Sounds like you had a great plan. I see how you were able to win.

thanks for the graphite tip, this is our second year and we need all the help we can get

@SpecificLove7

10 жыл бұрын

Wish you the best

Excellent... I could have use this info many years ago my friend!! ;-)

When Brandon was in the Boy scouts we made one similar the graphite is a great idea we used baby powder great job!

This is a AWSOME video. I always wanted to know how to do this !

THANKS DUDE

Wished I could have seen it about 15 years ago. Oh well, great video, brought back memories of my feeble attempts, lol.

Thank you. How did you rank in your race?

I am glad to see you win too.

Wow!! Well my son and I will be ready for our next race.

@SpecificLove7

4 жыл бұрын

Good Luck

OMG THANKS I WON THE WHOLE THING!!!

@SpecificLove7

9 жыл бұрын

SamuraiPantherPvP Congrats, thank you for letting us know.

thank you this was very helpful and i will use your advice for my own car

@SpecificLove7

10 жыл бұрын

good luck at the race

@sethpaiz

10 жыл бұрын

thanks!

thanks bro for your info.

The flames were stickers we bought at a hobby store. They are the rub on type. Thanks for watching

Thank you.

Thank you

Thank you and you too.

To say the least, thanks for watching

Good stuff man!!! My sons car was of a tubeler design - scored in the top 10 fastest out of 150+ cars and it was way under weight. I used my pyro scale which is accurate 1/10th of a gram - had it at exactly 5oz but their scale was almost 2oz off so I had to remove weight-they recalibrated after we went through grrr. took 6th, 3-2nds and 4-1st:)

@glennwatson3313

Жыл бұрын

That outrageous.

This is awesome

thank you

using this design and advice I got 2nd place in my grade!!!

@SpecificLove7

9 жыл бұрын

Niko Paglinawan That's awesome

Very cool,and great video.

Not the top video on KZread for building the fastest car, however, it helped us as did all the videos we watched. We took 1st Place Weblos II and Fastest Overall. Every little bit helped as this video surely did!! Thank you for taking the time to make this video and help put us into the District race!!

@SpecificLove7

9 жыл бұрын

unoefxz Thanks for watching and glad you made it.

You can polish the wheel centres and axles at the same time by spinning them to high RPM for 30 secs or so. I use an upside down bicycle or RC car. For perfect wheel alignment I use an old credit card as a spacer between the wheel and wood and a flat head screwdriver to ensure the axle sits flush and square . Combined with the weight positioning and graphite my step son's car won the whole thing and it wasn't even close.

Great video! Looks like he won!!

Very cool and a lot better then when I did it. LIke 992

For a tiny advantage, use tungsten instead of lead to keep even more weight at the back of your car.

@SpecificLove7

9 жыл бұрын

Jacob Arnold Interesting concept

Cool I'm doing my first pinewood derby race in two months

@SpecificLove7

10 жыл бұрын

best wishes

great video :-) Hope you have a great day x

I never thought of baby powder. how did you do?

Thanks

Thanks I been wanting to know some advice to "help" my nephew!

@SpecificLove7

9 жыл бұрын

Eduardo Rodriguez You are very welcome. Wish him the best.

@SpecificLove7

9 жыл бұрын

Kathleen Witherow way to go

AWESOME VIDEO!

@SpecificLove7

9 жыл бұрын

Amandip Dutta Thank you

I don’t care about this at all and will never build one. Yet I watched it all and now want to build one. But only because I’m required to lol.

Thank you. Did you do anything really interesting as the Cubmaster?

Nice video!✌thumbs up

@SpecificLove7

9 жыл бұрын

Dalen Broussard Thank you

Thats cool are you still doing this?It was 10years ago thanks

that is a very good idea

u had made nice car ti was alot of fun

We won our event, so pretty fast

Majority of your weight should be 1" in front of the rear axle (a little less than 1" is perfect), not centered around it. Otherwise it risks jumping the rail and lifting up too much, which adds to your overall friction. Nothing wrong with a wedge design, provided the weights are added to balance the car around 1" in front of the rear axle. Also, always go as close to 5 ounces as possible, but not 5 ounces exactly. When you get an inspection done, it's easier to remove weight than to add it.

In all of the races i did. With these i never lost and i had a record in my pack and in the area

@SpecificLove7

10 жыл бұрын

very cool

Awesome. We would absolutely love some more people in the league. You have your head in the right place "for the most part" with your builds but there are a ton of things you would need to learn if you want to run really fast. If you're serious about wanting to step up to the next level send me a message and I'll get you pointed in the right direction. We are all about having fun, and helping out in our league. We also like to talk a lot of crap in a fun way too. Hope to hear from you.

Well, another part for like the body you can also draw the design on the block to show like where to cut it. :)

thanks

Do not "hammer" the axle into the block, pilot drill a hole in the block to ensure the axle is square to the block and that you do not crack the block. The axle should be able to be pushed into the block without a hammer.

maybe I will try the pinewood derby next year

@SpecificLove7

7 жыл бұрын

+Professor Rowlet Good luck

In reality graphite is actually an abrasive... it is particulate in nature. Even though it has a low coeficient of friction, it is still not as good as liquid lubricant.

I think i will win this year :D

Yes he did. The other car owners did not know what hit them.

lol, Thank you.

How far in front of the axel should the center of mass be?

I hope they were all happy

Cool car . But how did you do the flames?

Nice like it

@SpecificLove7

10 жыл бұрын

thank you

Awesome car and design! Can you guys share the design template? Did you machine the "skinny" wheels or purchase them? Thx, Dan

@SpecificLove7

9 жыл бұрын

Dano Alexander Thank you, the template is nothing fancy, just looks like antique draster. I purchased the body pieces and wheel at a hobby store.

@Tokokurio

4 жыл бұрын

can you buy them ?

There are about a dozen more things you can do to a car to make it way faster.

do the drilled holes for the weights go all the way through the car or only a little hole on each side.

@SpecificLove7

5 жыл бұрын

Just one hole

As many as you want

Do you have a template for the car design? I am helping my son and cant wait try these techniques

@SpecificLove7

4 жыл бұрын

Sorry I do not, but just think of a sharp front end with a flat body and a small hump starting just before the rear wheels.

I like this version. where did you learn all of the tecknikes?

@SpecificLove7

10 жыл бұрын

I did a bunch of research and tested out a few things while coming up with this design.

awsome

@SpecificLove7

10 жыл бұрын

thank you

@LifeofHim

10 жыл бұрын

hey i gotta do a project on it really thanks

Lol this is a cool car!

When you are drilling the holes for the weights, how deep do you drill the holes? Also, is there a standard sized drill bit that most people use?

@SpecificLove7

10 жыл бұрын

You should measure the width of your block and put a piece of tape just short of that length on your drill bit. And there are many sizes of drill bit, so you just have to do a little research on how thick the weights are and use that bit. Be careful not to drill all of the way through.

cool

What sort of household items can a use as weights? I do not have those little rounds weights but could I potentially add weight but putting some bolts in the back?

@SpecificLove7

10 жыл бұрын

Bolts are a good idea. You could also use fishing weights or washers.

@amylynch2421

9 жыл бұрын

SpecificLove our rules say no washers

If you're racing on a BEST TRACK or are using the Official BSA Pinewood Derby rules you're going to have to sink in those bottom weights into the car or they will not have the clearance required by the rules or by the BEST TRACK.

@SpecificLove7

10 жыл бұрын

Great info, thanks

what are the dimensions of the block of wood? Before you start cutting on it.

nice racer.

@SpecificLove7

9 жыл бұрын

gearsNtools Thank you

How wide is the wood

a trip down memory lane with my cub pack

@SpecificLove7

10 жыл бұрын

thanks for watching

How big is the wood?

what about rail riding, angled wheels and 3 wheel dirve? those are also importent.

@SpecificLove7

9 жыл бұрын

sas bet This is an older video, but you are right.

i have tried to make it more then 5 times but no use

Rules say no Loose material of any kind, such as lead shot, may be used. Does that mean no weights at all.?

@SpecificLove7

10 жыл бұрын

I am not sure about your rules. My guess would be that they mean nothing that will shift on or in the car, but you should double check. In my case, I also used some fish weights but I glued them inside the body so they would not move. I hope that helps.

they say no lubricants allowed. is graphite considered a lubricant?

@SpecificLove7

10 жыл бұрын

Graphite is considered a DRY lubricant. Double check your rules. Some rules say no liquid type lubricants allowed, like grease or oil.

600th like!

@SpecificLove7

9 жыл бұрын

Williamm Thanks

Had too much drag but looks cool

How many details can you do?

Love this shit

The video you show of the race where one car is pulling away from the other down the straight has nothing to do with weight placement. That is, however, a great illustration of how one car had much more friction than the other and slowed down quicker. The weight doesn't do anything after the car is off the hill and on the straight part. It's all about your prep work and alignment at that point. Nice work otherwise.

What time did this car finish with?

@SpecificLove7

10 жыл бұрын

Not sure of the time, we just raced to the finish and this car won every race by a distance.

@LifeofHim

10 жыл бұрын

SpecificLove what did u use to carve it because i am having a hard time with wood cutters knives

Put like 3 wheels more faster

Well is it ...fast?

what did you say at 1:57??

@SpecificLove7

9 жыл бұрын

William skagen "will allow gravity to continue to pull your racer at the bottom of the track" Hope that helps

@williamskagen9901

9 жыл бұрын

SpecificLove ty :)

@ninyolanoza6556

9 жыл бұрын

SpecificLove yho