Sat, Aug 7, 2010 1:00 pm The Chester County Council, Boy Scouts of America in Phoenixville, PA presents a screening of the Cub Scout themed movie Down and Derby. Please email tickets@cccbsa.org to reserve your FREE tickets. Following the movie, we will have a Pinewood Derby track set up under the Colonial Theatre marquee. Kids (and [...]
The Boy Scouts of America Milwaukee County held its Corporate Pinewood Derby Contest at the Harley Davidson Museum last night. Teams from Milwaukee-area companies competed in a familiar Cub Scout tradition by racing homemade pinewood derby cars down a track. Participating companies included: Harley-Davidson Motor Company, Waukesha Electric Systems Inc, Twin Disc Inc., Patrick Cudahy [...]
The Pinewood Derby (linked) is an elegantly simple race contest in which Scouts make little gravity powered cars using a standard kit. There are weight constraints. Elements not in the kit (except for decorative elements) are prohibited. Most modifications have to do with maximizing weight (and so potential gravitational energy) and minimizing wheel friction. How [...]
