Pinewood Derby. Any secrets? ***Update***

[Kenneth Brown]

Re: Pinewood Derby. Any secrets? ***Update***

Congrats. My daughters had theres last wedsday. Stephanie got 2nd three times in a row. Tyler got 1 second and 2 thirds. Both had a blast. I built a wrecker for a kid who was too lazy so he would have something. It was dead last. Kinda fitting for the boy.

 

[gaugeguy]

Re: Pinewood Derby. Any secrets? ***Update***

My sons had their races on the 19th. Youngest son won all of his heats and ended up 4th in the pack. Oldest son won all of his heats and got the 1st place trophy in the pack. Youngest son was on the verge of tears, couldn't understand how he could win every race and not trophy. Now we are off to the state championships 4/2.<br /><br />The camber angle was the trick that did it. I had polished the axles and coned and tapped the wheels before and never trophied (best finish was 5th). I set the camber angle to 0* on the youngest sons and at -2* on the oldest sons. Other than that the cars were identical (except color and rub on transfers). Oldest sons car was consistantly .3 seconds faster.