Comments on: Pinewood Derby

By: gl666

gl666 — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 18:40:40 +0000

My Pinewood Derby days were from 1969 to 1972 (?) and back then you couldn’t use graphite, couldn’t sand the axles/nails, couldn’t remove burrs on the plastic wheels, and couldn’t add weights. We had a lot of slow, boxy cars with mediocre paint jobs. Best I did was 5th place.

By: Julius Marx

Julius Marx — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 18:34:34 +0000

I actually don’t remember ANY of the designs for my Pinewood Derby cars and I know I did at least 3 of them. I know a did a couple of the “Rain-gutter Regatta” boats too.
The ones I remember were the rockets. It was the same idea- 2 chunks of balsa wood, a “hanger/connector” a rod, a rubber band and a propeller. They would connect to a holder on a string, you’d wind up the propeller and they would race to the fare side of the gym.
I’ve still got one of those in a box somewhere. All black with fire on the side named “Firefox”

By: demoncat

demoncat — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 05:00:17 +0000

believe it or not my pinewood derby car was the batmobile.but seemed to have low batpower the day of the race but still was fun making it

By: Bnjmnrlyr

Bnjmnrlyr — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 21:47:41 +0000

My son will be doing his first pinewood derby car this year and I can’t wait!

By: Brian

Brian — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 21:28:08 +0000

I did an Inspector Gadget pinewood derby car one year. Won my local PD 3 years running with a non Inspector Gadget design… helps when your father is an airline/auto mechanic.