EASY Pinewood Derby Car WINS using Science!!!

2014-04-16

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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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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: https://www.maximum-velocity.com/product-category/pinewood-derby-wheels-and-axles/derby-car-axles/

Lightweight wheel options to purchase: https://www.maximum-velocity.com/product-category/pinewood-derby-wheels-and-axles/bsa-speed-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

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