Hello NCWW's,
We had our Anything Goes PineWood Derby on Wednesday last week.
Would you believe that another contestant brought a compressed air car. His car was cool, and I was scared I might lose...:eusa_doh: Well here are some pictures of my can and his. Not sure how to upload the video that my wife took. Any advice?
Enjoy the pictures
comments/criticism always welcome.
The one on the left is made out of a Hairspray can, and he used a compressed air tank to fill his up to 125psi and all the air was released at once. Mine on the right, I actually pumped up with a bike pump with a gauge to 125psi the first few times, then to 127psi the last race... I really wanted to win. :gar-Bi Mine has a petra valve filled with epoxy and then drilled a 1/16" hole. The air releases in about 2 seconds. We tied most races, his flew off the track once, and his fell in front on mine once and I pushed him across the finish line, but in the video which is hard to tell since I don't have frame by frame, it looks like I might have acutally went underneath his car and won anyway. :banana:
We had our Anything Goes PineWood Derby on Wednesday last week.
Would you believe that another contestant brought a compressed air car. His car was cool, and I was scared I might lose...:eusa_doh: Well here are some pictures of my can and his. Not sure how to upload the video that my wife took. Any advice?
Enjoy the pictures
comments/criticism always welcome.
The one on the left is made out of a Hairspray can, and he used a compressed air tank to fill his up to 125psi and all the air was released at once. Mine on the right, I actually pumped up with a bike pump with a gauge to 125psi the first few times, then to 127psi the last race... I really wanted to win. :gar-Bi Mine has a petra valve filled with epoxy and then drilled a 1/16" hole. The air releases in about 2 seconds. We tied most races, his flew off the track once, and his fell in front on mine once and I pushed him across the finish line, but in the video which is hard to tell since I don't have frame by frame, it looks like I might have acutally went underneath his car and won anyway. :banana:
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