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Conference 7.286::sports_90

Title:OURGNG::SPORTS - Digital's daily tabloid
Notice:Please review note 1.83 before writing anything.
Moderator:VAXWRK::NEEDLE
Created:Thu Dec 14 1989
Last Modified:Fri Dec 17 1993
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:438
Total number of notes:50420

369.0. "Pinewood Derby" by PNO::HEISER (play that nice, nice music) Mon Sep 24 1990 13:09

    My son is now old enough to be involved in his first Pinewood Derby.  I
    remember some tips from my youth on getting these suckers to run
    faster, weigh heavier, etc.  One of them is to use graphite bits for
    the axles.
    
    Anyone have any tips to share?  We want to make a screamin' machine ;-)
    
    Mike
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369.1LAGUNA::MAY_BRMon Sep 24 1990 13:153
    
    Drill out the back end and fill it with lead.  But, isn't this yor
    son's race?  8^)
369.2PNO::HEISERplay that nice, nice musicMon Sep 24 1990 13:191
    Yeah I let him do some of the sanding ;-)
369.3Can't Tell EveryoneAKOV12::GYOUNGDancin' at the Zombie ZooFri Sep 28 1990 14:116
    Mike ..... we designed, built and ran pinewood derby cars for
    three years ..... had some success (final 16 in the Regionals and
    finalist in the troop).  My comments would be voluminous here in
    notes, but call me and I'll share the secrets.
    
    Greg
369.4AUSTIN::MACNEALBo don't know rugby!Fri Sep 28 1990 14:445
    Mike, there is a SCOUTING conference on the net somewhere.  I haven't
    participated in it in quite a while, so I don't remember the node name
    (CACHE maybe?).  But I do remember there were some Pinewood derby
    discussions in there.  You might want to check there for some more
    info if nothing pans out in here.
369.5UPWARD::HEISERultimate, underlyin', no denyin' motivationFri Sep 28 1990 18:121
    ...but I'm not a scout ;-)
369.6DECXPS::TIMMONSI'm a Pepere!Mon Oct 01 1990 07:3415
    Seems like what is needed is a race for the scouts, and another
    race for the Dads.
    
    We did this one year, and it proved to be beneficial.  The scouts
    entered their own cars, nothing fancy, but cars built from the kit
    with nothing added except additional weight to get them to the limit.
    
    The Dads entered some pretty slick looking cars, streamlined, decaled,
    fancy-paint, etc.  We had fun, as the kids did.
    
    What it really boiled down to was that the kids cars represented
    what this was originally intended to be:  Kids building their own
    cars and then racing them against cars of other kids.  
    
    Lee