I’ve built some fast pinewood derby cars in the past but this year was just about looking good. I’ve always loved the way those lowriders bounce and thought it would be cool to make a derby car do that. Here’s my version. A few more pictures and build details after the jump.
Tag: scouts
Scout: A printable tribot
Here’s the first iteration of ‘Scout’. A simple printable frame for a robot based on two continuous rotation servos and an Arduino. The idea was to limit the number of printable parts and ‘vitamins’ to the bare minimum and keep the total cost for the bot below $50. I’ll use this to teach the robotics…
Deathtrap joins the collection
I finally got some pictures of my son’s derby car for his Bear den entry. This year we built a casket on wheels. Both parts of the lid are hinged and it carries a ‘Gummy’ skeleton as a rider. Obviously he had adult help on this design. The main parts were cut out on the…
Bad Idea
It’s Pinewood Derby season again and I kinda enjoy making derby cars. This year, my youngest son and I made an awesome car for his bear den division. It came out great and I’ll do a blog post on that one as soon as I get some good pictures. We also have an ‘open’ class…
HeeksCAR – A pinewood derby car designed in HeeksCAD
Our local cubscout pack has an “open” class meaning Dad’s, siblings, Mom’s or others are welcome to participate. I helped my boys build their cars and then built mine. My goal was to design the whole thing in CAD and machine it on my router. I ended up using the pocket operation to cut a…