7 simple steps that ACTUALLY MATTER to building a winning pinewood derby car. I built a car in 45 minutes using these steps and crushed all the competition by more than 2 car lengths (proof is in the video 🙂 Special thanks to Steve at DerbyMonkey.com for providing his expertise and materials for the video.
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HERE'S HOW I MADE THE ROCKET CAR: http://youtu.be/vlBxPjxacsk
7 Key Steps:
1. Max weight ~1" in front of rear axle
2. Reasonably aerodynamic
3. Ride on 3 wheels
4. Lightweight wheels
5. Bent polished axles
6. Railride/alignment
7. Lots o' graphite
HELPFUL LINKS
Dr. Acton's video: http://pinewoodphysics.com/index.html
Pre-polished, bent axles to purchase: http://www.derbymonkeygarage.com/pre-bent-pinewood-derby-axles-p/1404.htm
Also on derbydust.com which is where the photo came from
Lightweight wheel options to purchase: https://www.derbymonkeygarage.com/wheels/
More details on polishing the axles: http://youtu.be/wdd-ZFbemIU
Axle bender tool: http://youtu.be/ZpNRt0F1YXQ
More details on Rail Rider alignment: http://youtu.be/9H96uufnygk
Materials used in the video provided by www.derbymonkeygarage.com. It's also the only place I could find the pre-polished bent polished axles. Link provided above.
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HERE'S HOW I MADE THE ROCKET CAR: http://youtu.be/vlBxPjxacsk
7 Key Steps:
1. Max weight ~1" in front of rear axle
2. Reasonably aerodynamic
3. Ride on 3 wheels
4. Lightweight wheels
5. Bent polished axles
6. Railride/alignment
7. Lots o' graphite
HELPFUL LINKS
Dr. Acton's video: http://pinewoodphysics.com/index.html
Pre-polished, bent axles to purchase: http://www.derbymonkeygarage.com/pre-bent-pinewood-derby-axles-p/1404.htm
Also on derbydust.com which is where the photo came from
Lightweight wheel options to purchase: https://www.derbymonkeygarage.com/wheels/
More details on polishing the axles: http://youtu.be/wdd-ZFbemIU
Axle bender tool: http://youtu.be/ZpNRt0F1YXQ
More details on Rail Rider alignment: http://youtu.be/9H96uufnygk
Materials used in the video provided by www.derbymonkeygarage.com. It's also the only place I could find the pre-polished bent polished axles. Link provided above.
MY STUFF
I make videos like this once a month all year long while supplies last:
CHECK OUT MY CHANNEL: http://tinyurl.com/MarkRober-YouTube
FOLLOW ON TWITTER: https://twitter.com/ #!/MarkRober
FACEBOOK ME: https://www.facebook.com/MarkRoberYouTube
MUSIC
All music created by Qwiet. You should go sub his channel:
http://youtube.com/qwietmusic
Twitter: http://twitter.com/qwiet
Facebook: http://facebook.com/qwiet
11/10 great content! About to shepherd my 5y/o through his first derby. And DANGIT I’m gonna try and let/make him do most of the work, but may have to build one of my own. Would 1000% love to see an updated version of this, too.
What angle did you cut the 45 min car body at?
Isn't riding on three wheels illegal?
I’m in cub scouts the lowest i got is 4place and I have a 1 2 and 3 place trophy
He has a “Punch Out” T-Shirt on,…listen up1
This is dope
A red car makes it go a gazillion times faster, bro!
Mine made the Kessel Run in 11 parsecs.
So helpful!❤
Is derby monkey garage closed because when i go it says cant load
It's like f1 in schools
Baby fark mcgeezax
I used this video for reference to make a pinewood derby car at my summer camp and I took home the trophy thanks Mark!
Would love to see this used on racing diecast hotwheels like on 3dbotmaker.
As usual the parent will do anything to win. The kid usually loses. Let the kid build what he wants
Reduce friction
I remember some dad put oil or lube on his plastic wheels
This was amazing
when you cant the wheels you are increasing frontal drag