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Post by majorhavoc on Jan 18, 2009 12:18:02 GMT -6
This is are first year for me and my nine year old to race, unfortunately we have no track to experiment our car set up and the track we will be racing on is a wood track that is a little bumpy, we went with a pre-cut car called the funny car the front axle is one inch and half from the front and the rear axle is one inch from the rear, what would be a good stable fast location for my weight to be centered on thanks  ;D |
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ichiban
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Post by ichiban on Jan 18, 2009 22:34:49 GMT -6
You'll read 1" is a good starting point for the location of the 'Center of Mass' which is not the same as the location of the actual weight you add. Read my recent post in another thread on how to find the COM. Last year we won our pack by a couple of feet with a COM located at 1.250" in front of the rear axle, but I noticed cars were gaining on us near the finish of a 45' aluminum track. Typically wood tracks are 32' in length. Concentrate on polishing those axles and the inner wheel hub as well as working the graphite in.
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Post by majorhavoc on Jan 19, 2009 11:49:55 GMT -6
thanks for the reply I let you know how we do
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Post by majorhavoc on Jan 25, 2009 17:55:31 GMT -6
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D We came home with 2 first place trophy's won our den and won the over all thanks for the info ;D ;D
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Post by ichiban on Jan 25, 2009 19:38:54 GMT -6
Fantastic!
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Post by rocketrod on Jan 26, 2009 17:26:17 GMT -6
Congratulations!!!!
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Post by Lucky 13 on Jan 26, 2009 21:50:18 GMT -6
Congrats on the wins !! Will you be going to districts now ?
Lucky 13
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Post by majorhavoc on Jan 27, 2009 19:00:03 GMT -6
yes in March, the race was real exciting because we had to win a tie breaker to win the pack and a tie breaker to win the over all, our car seemed to get faster in the later heats.
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