Cub Scouts Pinewood Derby - 2019

It's that time of year again when the Cub Scouts carve up a block of wood to create the fastest pinewood derby car they can.  The past two years, Jonathan chose military themed vehicles and understood they wouldn't be too fast due to their design.  This year, he wanted to go for speed.  After a little research and watching a few YouTube videos, we were ready to get to work.

Jonathan's first derby car was the Humvee and last year's was a tank. We thought both were pretty awesome!

Jonathan helped with all aspects of the car, to include using the miter saw to cut the wedge design.

Using the dremel to burrow out a section to allow the weights to be countersunk.

The weights installed on the bottom of the car.  The car can weigh up to 5.0 ounces and we were around 2 ounces after the wedge.

After a few coats of paint, Jonathan applied his USA-themed decals. 

All the hard work is done, just need to put the wheels on.

The final product.  We were excited to see how his car would do on race day.  We had high hopes.

The below video shows 4 of his 8 races.  Despite our best efforts, his car didn't do well.  I think we had an alignment issue with one of his front wheels and it was pulling to the side.  His car is in the far left lane to start and moves one lane to the right for each subsequent race.  I was very pleased to see him take the bad fortune in stride without being a poor sport or letting it ruin his day/experience.  We'll try again next year!