Train Pinewood Derby Car A proper rail rider will only have the front steering wheel touching the center rail the entire race Watch the video below it will show you how to setup the car Pay close attention to shaving 1 16th of the width of the car on the DFS side so that the rear wheels will not touch Yes shaving the front will help ensure the rears will not touch
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First drill the body with our Pro Body Tool straighten your axles with a Pro Axle Press and polish them Mark the axle at 1 2 from the head and put a dot at 12 00 on the head with a sharpie Then install the axle into our Pro Axle Press at the 1 2 mark with the dot on the head down and slightly bend the axle with a light hammer tap Pinewood Derby Rail Rider Car Wayne Schmidt 36 3K subscribers Subscribe 105 47K views 8 years ago This is a remake of a previous video which reported ridiculously fast times for these two cars
The Rail Rider tool to align the wheels on your pinewood derby cars Rail Rider Tool Video Transcript The Pro Rail Rider Tool is designed to help the builder accurately bend the axles to camber the wheels to reduce friction by eliminating contact with the track and the tread face and giving the builder the ability to adjust the car to steer The Pinewood Derby is a gravity race held on a straight multi lane track Each car s wheels straddle a wide rail that keeps it from coming into contact with other cars Starting at a
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Train Pinewood Derby Car - Pinewood Rail Rider Car Kit 51 95 Fast Pinewood Derby Center Rail Rider Car Kit by Derby Dust The fastest pinewood derby cars are the ones that utilize bent axles This does a couple of things but to KISS lets just say it makes them really fast when properly tuned Key words TUNED