Pinewood derby setup

Pinewood derby car tuning — How to tune 4 wheel riding car by Derby Dust. Picture originally published on Derbytalk. Lighter the better. Polish the bores. Either you or me. Its pretty simple. Flawless bores will eliminate any abnormal rotation in relation to wheel spinning around axles. Weight reduced wheels start around 1. We offer weight reduced wheels that have all the lettering. Charlie Bravo has factory outer tread. We also make a Xlite wheel that comes in under the 1.

Distributed: Support as many check-in stations as you need, and as many information presentations. Computers, tablets, laptops, TV displays, or even phones connect to a small, local web server, running on one laptop or computer, to access live race information. The web server can even be hosted on a Raspberry Pi3 for a truly turn-key set-up! Multi-platform: Anything that has a browser can connect to DerbyNet: smart TVs, laptops, tablets, you name it. The DerbyNet web server itself can be hosted on Mac, Windows, or Linux, and requires minimal computational resources.

Open Source: If you'd like the software to work a little differently, or look a little differently, you're welcome to change it. Some skill required, but not necessarily a lot. If all lanes cross, then the race ends immediately and the results are announced immediately. With the RaceManager a lane may be disabled if desired.

In addition, if the RaceManager does not need a lane during a particular heat, that lane is ignored and the heat ends when all the required lanes have crossed. In the above example, four lanes were purchased and four are being used. Once heats have been created, "Lanes Used" shows a message saying you cannot change the lanes used once racing starts.

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By Kate Matthews. No comments. Bake your block. This helps to remove the moisture so that you have more wiggle room to add extra weight at the end. Remember, every little bit of weight in the right place makes a difference!