It’s been over 25 years since my Derby days. Watching this made me realize just how brilliant my old man was ...and how much I miss him now,too. He wasn’t the type of father to built the projects himself,that just wouldn’t fly with him! Instead,he’d stay right beside and guide me through each step,giving advice and tips along the way. Most importantly,he took the time to explain to me the reasoning behind HOW and WHY things worked the way they did. Consequently(no doubt intentionally) my old man instilled in me a lifelong curiosity in mechanics and engineering,which eventually lead me to a degree and career in Aerospace Engineering. Of all the random YT videos,it took this one to make me tear up and smile at the same time!
My son and I watched this video for research for our car and it really really helped us out tremendously. We won 3rd place out of around 60 kids! Thank you, Mr. Rober!!
next near do what i did you make a wedge and drill two level holes through it start big at the start of the whole and when it is nearly straight through it is smaller using the air movment to go into those hole the air has to go through the smaller holes at the back it gose fast
More like useful 30 years ago for me, pre-RUclips and internet, so I was screwed either way! Al though my Dad did have an engineering degree, it was chemical engineering, so not so helpful for pinewood derby. We did use graphite back then thou.
One of my friends always won the races for consecutive years in Cub Scouts. Years later I asked him how he always won. He told me that he (and his dad) put graphite on the axles which reduced friction. Great idea.
We set some records today with my son’s “Fast Food” french fry car. Thanks for all the tips, Mark! This single mom and her boys have been having so much fun with derbies ever since finding your video a few years ago. 💗
My dad would polish the axles super smooth with a sandpaper drill bit. Me and my brother would alternate who won every year. It's hilarious to realize that this was more of a competition for the dads.
We are having a race in S.T.E.A.M. and My whole class knows I have a secret but I won't tell anyone! I am taking as many notes from this video, and the other videos Mark put in the description, as I can. Also, my sister's car won for her grade so, I am taking some ideas from that car as well. I am also going to make it have the best paint job in the grade so that just in case I don't win for speed, I will still have a chance for design. I love science and art so this is the best project ever for me!
We’ve done pinewood derby’s at family reunions in the past, we’ve done okay. This is the first year my daughter is doing it as a Scout. We’re going to be the Swiftest down the track.
I’m working with my daughter on her’s for powder puff. Not only must it go fast, it has to look like a prehistoric horse wearing a Girl Scout vest. And open to disclose yummy cookies.
My son’s middle school did CO2 cars and the science teacher had been unbeaten for 12 years. No graphite was allowed, so we just polished with a drill as shown. Our cars had axel holes drilled all the way through the body and so we also smoothed the inside of the hole with the smoothed axels. Anyway, he ( ok, we) beat the teacher for the first time. Lots of fun!
Best part of racing pinewood derby as a kid was the time spent with my grandpa. He made me do everything except when he melted the lead fishing weights to pour inside. Didn't do anything fancy. Made it to Districts. Still remember working in the shop with Grandpa 35 years later.
Didn't have my grandpa around at the time in the late 70s, but a little old man I would visit in a wheelchair up the street helped me cut my block down into something that looked like a car before I started sanding it. Good memories.
my husband passed 3 years ago, so now I get to do the dad stuff like this. it's honestly more fun than the normal mom stuff I usually have to do. thank you for the tips!
Well the physical build process may have been 45 minutes, but a lot of research was conducted first. We should count the time he spent researching what to do as well as the time spent doing it. I'm sure the 12-hour builders did research too, but they probably spent a lot of time on aesthetics, and on optimizing factors that didn't contribute as much to the car's success.
@@josephgarvey2153 I was thinking the same thing! That hit could have easily thrown the other car out of alignment. We also don't know if the Pack is running on the same rules as what he built his car by.
I placed 3rd with my own design and car when I was in 3rd grade..went to the next level..it wasnt states or anything not sure what it was..didnt even place. was coold to say I got 3rd since lots of cars were built by the dads
I handbuilt mine too, with my dad only there to teach me and keep me supervised. All my cars had a natural wood finish, no paint. 2nd, 2nd, 1st, respectively :)
Had my son's first pinewood derby a couple weeks back. Used the information from this video, and won first place! Only took about 2 hours to assemble the car, which included cutting out my son's design. Bending the axles, adding weight and setting the center of gravity (used hot glue and pennies), making it ride on three wheels, and aligning it to pull slightly to that side only took about 30 minutes, and it DOMINATED! :D
But you do have access to this and are able to show your teachers! "Hey I was looking in to this and he explained it in a way that is quite nice and simple" If he/she asks why then you are honest "Well, I find your way of explaining quite hard to follow some times" This is nothing bad, nor says it is bad. They're people in the learning process and believe me the best feedback comes from the client.
Do you think he is bullying kids? This is a great informative video, the fact you see it as bullying is embarrassing, I prefer this stuff over his new stuff, mark and science is awesome, watching to catch a predator/true crime stuff is just eh
Phillip Carr Well considering it is the "Boy Scouts" I don't know that dad spending time with daughter needs to apply. There is something called "Girl Scouts."
My son won 1st place out of about 15-20 other kids in his youth group at church thanks to your instruction! Academically, he’s off the charts but pretty shy and very tender hearted. He’s had 0 interest in actually “competing” in any contest until this; largely thanks to your video! You’re exceptionally gifted at explaining and sharing your knowledge for others to understand and follow, thank you! I wish I could share a picture here for you to see!
I followed his whole video and did exactly everything he said and my sons car was the fastest on the track out of 50 Boy Scouts he won first place thanks to tips and tricks on how he told you to put the wheels and everything
So my boy's pinewood derby was a couple of weeks ago. Luckily I stumbled on this video a week before the competition and we built as close a replica to your 45 minute car (minus the duct tape) as we could. He designed and painted it, I cut it and placed the axles/did the alignment. I followed all the instructions with the exception of the lightweight wheels and bending the axles. I just nailed them in at a similar angle and.....he won the whole competition! He won every single race and easily had the fastest time. Thanks a ton for making this video, it worked amazingly well for us!
Watching this 6 years after it was made. I made one of these as a kid and loved seeing this. Had no idea there was so much to it! I was more concerned with my sweet paint job.
As a kid I got 2nd in state but spent an insane amount of time working on the cars... 60-80 hours+ and really wish I knew some of these tricks back then
We just did our pinewood derby last night and my kids car won! I did about half of the tricks you described in this video. Prioritized the tips that had the biggest impact. Thanks for making this vid and helping us out! You made my kids day (and mine)!
We had a team building pinewood derby race between multiple departments at my work. I built my car based on this video, and I dominated every race including the championship. So I thank you Mark for the physics lesson!
This really makes me miss my dad.45 years ago he "helped" me build the most beautiful pinewood derby car. He was an engineer, we came in 2nd. The car flipped on the final round. He passed away about a year ago RIP Mike.
bro same here only I took first early 70's because of his knowledge & GRAPHITE !!!! we were the only one to use it..... Also a NASA \ Space \ MIC elec. engineer he passed in '99
I'm honestly really glad my pinewood derby days were before the internet really took off. RUclips has kinda ruined it, I just see every kid/parent looking up videos like this now adays.
***** Excellent video on the basic physics concepts needed to have a successful pinewood derby car. My son has raced in our RA (Royal Ambassador) race at our church for 4 years and I have helped him work on his car (and yes he does a vast majority of the work [with my supervision and teaching about concepts in physics]) using most of the concepts in this video. Our church buys kits so we have a precut shape already made for us when we get the kit. But my son sands his car, finds the balance point (Center of Mass), drills the axle holes, sands and polishes his nails, polishes the wheel bore, drills the holes to add weights, paints his car, and puts on the graphite. I help hold or act as his "assistant" when he needs another hand. I help put putty in the holes when we add weights (because it is messy and my son gets a skin rash from the wood putty) and I help push the axles into the holes while he holds the gap measurer (he is not strong enough to insert them by himself). So I would estimate he does 80+% of the work himself, but with assistance and supervision from me for proper technique and safety purposes. Each year as he gets older, more experienced, and physically coordinated he needs less and less of my help. I already understood most of the concepts needed to build a fast car through my education, but researched ideas/concepts as we prepared each year. We aren't allowed to run on 3 wheels, so we have never attempted that technique. He has won every year and our goal has become to run faster each year by trying a new technique or perfecting one we already are using. The only thing we haven't tried is rail-riding and we plan on adding this technique to his car this year. Here is what aggravates me about all the whiners and complainers: They almost all insist that (because he consistently wins) my son has no input into building the car. These are the same dads and mom who spend no time with their kids, slap a car together the night before the race with no thought about the car (because they have their lazy butts on the couch watching TV for hours on end), and could care less about spending quality time together with their kids. My son and I talk a good bit about the construction of his car, but the truth is we spend more time talking about life (God, the value of reaping the reward of hard work, his fears, aspirations, friends at school, his favorite class, movies, baseball, and even girls). The time we spend together during the building of his car is fantastic father-son time. The bonding and fellowship is why dads should invest time, thought, and effort into helping their kids build a car (winning is an added benefit and a by-product of a dad "being there" for his kid). The sad thing is every year I offer to have several weekend workshops where all the dads/sons can get together and we (me and my son) will help them with their cars. Sadly, not one has ever shown up for help. I have even had a few of my sons friends over to help them in bits and pieces work on their cars and yet not seen a single dad show up. How sad is that? These are the same dads (and some moms) that make accusations of the car being totally built by me or worse yet, that we are somehow cheating to win. So again thank you for this great video. Dads and moms; spend time with your child building his/her car. Use the ideas and techniques in this video to make it fast. You may not win, but at least it will be competitive. You and your child will learn something about science, math, and physics. And miracle of all miracles, you might learn something about your child that you didn't know before by spending extra time with him or her.
Coming back to this video 5 years later after my dad watched it 5 years earlier from know, knowing that Mark Rober helped me set 5 new records on a 4 lane track is insane.
i understand it, but don't have all the tools he used. I'm a female trying to build this car with no tools for my son. My son's going to be devastated.
My 8yo ate this video up and did as much as he could with these tips. Dad and I helped very little - just cutting the basic shape and putting on the wheels for him. He set the track record for the year - can't beat that!
Fun fact: I met the guy who was the original maker of the kit. The reason the block of wood is the size it is, is because the company also made window frames and they were the scrap left over from cutting window frames.
Henry Ford used engine crates as beds for the pickup trucks they made. Very smart. I really enjoyed watching these videos. You all have really raised the bar to win or even compete. Thanks!
Just want to say “Thanks!” Followed the tips and advice in this video with my son to build our first ever derby car. We managed to beat out 101 other cars and take the top spot. Science works!
I just love how an American sport has morphed from kids racing blocks of wood to dad's spending hours making precision engineered cars that their kids pretend they made.
Xaiano A dad with integrity wouldn't build the car for his son. But who cares about integrity these days, or, better yet, who cares about teaching their kids integrity?
A dad with integrity wouldn't build the car for his son. But who cares about integrity these days, or, better yet, who cares about teaching their kids integrity?
My dad always gave me a hacksaw and made me do it myself. My first car was fantastic looking and we made it look like a spaceship and it took me forever to build. In the years that followed, I got lazier and ended up eventually just cutting a 45 degree angle in the nose and drawing some flames on it in sharpie. I actually did pretty okay that year.
My father had me draw the shape I needed for the car, and he cut the rough shape. Why? I wasn't allowed to use the saw. It was modeled after the old gremlin my Dad had and got rid of a few years before. I then used my jack knife to carve it how I wanted the rest of it, sanded it. I use model paint to color it. Then in the end I drilled a bunch of holes in the bottom near back, melted some old sinkers in. We used graphite, sure he helped with melting and some of the drilling. but I did a large portion of it. it didn't win, it didn't get last place. Overall a bonding experience.
A dad with integrity would teach the son why his "precision engineered" car wins. And allow his son to do most of the work under his guidance. My dad did that, and because of his teaching i got a hobby, interest in physics, and basic tooling skills which i later refined and now use in my profession (woodwork)
I remember my little brother stuck half of a sawblade on top of his car and used design tape that had a flame design, so the flames didn't have to be painted on...he won for Best Design, and I'm still not really over it. I mean, how did he qualify with that sawblade?
When my sons and I did the PD circuit, many years ago, we figured it out on our own and I used it as a teaching tool. It’s gratifying to see that we had worked out several if these things on our own.
Our Cub Scout pack added some rules to help make it more of a Cub rather than a dad competition. Things like no turned wheels; you could polish the axles but had to do it yourself; age adjusted limits on what dad could do (obviously the little Tigers mostly decorated whereas the Webelos could do a lot more hand work.); and esp build days where power tools and leaders were available so that kids without them (and without dads) could have adult help. We also had an unlimited division for after the kids were done so the dads could show off.
I was going to leave my husband & son to it, but your video has given me the confidence that my daughter & I can kick their butts with our awesome car! Thanks!
ThePloyMaker's Evil Plans also red cars go faster so paint it red, I have estimated that this makes it 3.57 times faster and had my theory confirmed by 3 physicists that studied at Harvard.
no, the bar is only too high if you have no desire to even make the attempt... i foresee the pinewood derby experience neatly folding into more elaborate designs and contest venues...encourage the creativity and mechanical thinking aspects and design concepts...such as robotics or aerospace ...possibly leading to a Scholarships to MIT... (that's a good thing)
@@scottmantooth8785 na.... the person who designed, made, and raced the car is LONG PAST being able to go into such topics instead.... the dad stole that opportunity from his kid... if the kid saw this video..... and did these "hacks" on his own....GREAT!!! but 99.5% of the time.... its the dad FORCING the kid to follow the DADS DESIGN the kid doesnt learn anything besides "do what your told.... and dont question me"
(By the way, to anyone who isn't familiar, I'm assuming it's not Girl Scouts because of the use of the word Pack, since Girl Scouts used the term Troop at all levels, whereas Cub Scouts - ages 6-11 - used the term Pack when I was a kid, and that's the age group that did pinewood derby)
Back in the late 1950s my dad helped me build a winning pinewood racer (which) I still have. 1st step was to go to hobby shop and by a plastic model of an race car. I built the race car to act as a model for carving the block. Dad showed me how to cut cardboard templates to act as carving guides. He had me drill out the bottom side of the car and put weights toward the back and then us lightweight wood filler for the rest of the hole. This brought the car to maximum weight with more weight to rear. I won for both speed and beauty at my local recreation center and went on to regional where I got 2nd place for beauty. I didn't win for speed because I failed to recondition the axles after the 1st race. At the time dad was working on the 1st ICBMs for the US and treated the pinewood racer as design challenge.
Before you tube, before internet, before home computers, and before the usa turned 200 years old. I think about the same time our neighbor got a pong game. you could tape different transparencies over your tv screen and pretend it was air hockey.
I had a buddy whos dad was a wood worker by trade, his dad used two template bodies and made a perfect scale Lamborghini Diablo, even had holographic paint.
The one my Dad built me in 1966 was Candy Apple Red with 4 1/2 oz of lead in the back above the rear axe. Dad carved out a hole melted down some fishing weight's, poured the lead in, wood puttied the hole,set the rear Axel. Carved it down to a 1930s Indy car body. And lubed the wheels and axels with ground pencil lead. Candy Apple Red metallic with flames and sponsor sticks from model kits. It won the prize for being best looking. And for being the fastest. Damn, maybe just maybe,the old man was a little sharper than I gave him credit for.
Your dad cheated. You aren't allowed to use anything that doesn't come with the kit and lead fishing weights do not come with the kit. You didn't really win anything. Cheater!
@@gamewizard1760 That's not true. We had to use the block of wood, axles and wheels that came with the kit, but beyond that, anything goes. See my above post that describes how we built our cars. That being said, his father was what's wrong with the Pinewood Derby, that being too much parental involvement. This is supposed to be a learning and bonding project for the boys and their parents, not dad beating a 12 year old kid by doing all the work. His old man was, no maybes about it, a prick.
c6-5 burns to long, try just using the 1st stage from a 2 stage c class motor. forgot what they were called (haven't had a rocket in 15 years) but I know the only burn for less than a second
c6-5 burns to long, try just using the 1st stage from a 2 stage c class motor. forgot what they were called (haven't had a rocket in 15 years) but I know the only burn for less than a second
c6-5 burns to long, try just using the 1st stage from a 2 stage c class motor. forgot what they were called (haven't had a rocket in 15 years) but I know the only burn for less than a second
This is the first video of Mark Rober’s that I saw. I was impressed because as a kid, I tried to design a PD car that would be the champion using what I thought was science, but I didn’t know enough about physics to make it happen. My car won on the local level but lost higher up. Now that I’m a scientist and an engineering professor, it makes me proud to see someone engineer this car correctly!
In our Pack we also have the much coveted Turtle award- you have to be the slowest car that still crosses the finish line. It's pretty interesting to see the kids compete for that one.
I remember my Dad giving me some graphite for my axles and that was around the early to mid 60's. The Pinewood Derby seems a lot more "intense" than it used to be. I hope the spirit of fun is still there, not just a "Win, win, win!" attitude. Great video!
I was a kid in the 90's and my car did horribly. Probably because I actually built it, having a single mom who followed the let your kid build it technique. Im actually not salty, but what a dad fest lol
Roland,Same years entered one but I never got to touch the design or build my father took over and did the whole project.The winning car I suspect was the same way. My dad talk with winner dad who said his secret was the graphite on axle.Nobody else in the race did this trick.
When I was in grade 8 woods class, we did something very similar. Used Co2 canisters to propel our cars across the shop floor while attached to a string. I made a car that was as light as possible, low as possible and the wheels were covered. Fastest car in the class
It’s been over 25 years since my Derby days. Watching this made me realize just how brilliant my old man was ...and how much I miss him now,too. He wasn’t the type of father to built the projects himself,that just wouldn’t fly with him! Instead,he’d stay right beside and guide me through each step,giving advice and tips along the way. Most importantly,he took the time to explain to me the reasoning behind HOW and WHY things worked the way they did. Consequently(no doubt intentionally) my old man instilled in me a lifelong curiosity in mechanics and engineering,which eventually lead me to a degree and career in Aerospace Engineering. Of all the random YT videos,it took this one to make me tear up and smile at the same time!
I came here to learn, not to feel
Why can't I "thumbs up" more than once?
i usually don't like comments like this but this was genuinely sad
Wholesome
Are derbys still popuAlr
My son and I watched this video for research for our car and it really really helped us out tremendously. We won 3rd place out of around 60 kids! Thank you, Mr. Rober!!
Congrats
So second loser? haha kidding. Congrats!
next near do what i did you make a wedge and drill two level holes through it start big at the start of the whole and when it is nearly straight through it is smaller using the air movment to go into those hole the air has to go through the smaller holes at the back it gose fast
Gg rm?
You mean Your Car?
This would have been useful to me 10 years ago.
AerialAtom same
More like useful 30 years ago for me, pre-RUclips and internet, so I was screwed either way! Al though my Dad did have an engineering degree, it was chemical engineering, so not so helpful for pinewood derby. We did use graphite back then thou.
Lol
30 years ago for me.
AerialAtom yea, I could have used this 48 years ago! My car was disqualified anyway since it weighed slightly more than allowed! Curses!
One of my friends always won the races for consecutive years in Cub Scouts. Years later I asked him how he always won. He told me that he (and his dad) put graphite on the axles which reduced friction. Great idea.
My dad was an aerospace engineer. I always had graphite on my axles
mark is that dad who prepares all year for this and studies aerodynamics in his free time
@Zachary and instead of taking a skilled subject they take computers
@@pambotts7334 Ey respect the computers :D
It takes a lot of skill
@Pam Botts
Programming takes skill. I’d like to see you code anything without any prior experience.
@@pambotts7334 whats wrong with computers?
Correction: mark is the uncle who prepares for this to become the coolest uncle
everyone knows that flames make it go faster.
Oh hell yeah Xd
Bunnies are actually faster than hot rod flames
I thought it was lightning bolts and comets! XD
James Burk 800 horsepower per fireball
I’m the 500th like
“Local ex-NASA worker destroys kids in a simple tournament with science.”
Remove “in a simple tournament with science” and that comment is a *looot* worse
Sh4dow funnier though
Albert Shapiro
Lol
*cough cough* alternate title *cough cough*
We set some records today with my son’s “Fast Food” french fry car. Thanks for all the tips, Mark! This single mom and her boys have been having so much fun with derbies ever since finding your video a few years ago. 💗
yes!
Yeah Slay Queen!!
So Brave
You and your boys and no father in the house it's all so brave, so fun, so great
Slay queen slay
@@Ellesdy1 say slay one more time
I made a pinewood Mustang, it jumped the side of the track and drove into crowd of ankles.
"crowd of ankles", is that an original expression you came up with? i love it!
I made a jdm car and then it started doing skids
How many ankles did it break. If you know what I mean.
A crowd of ankles is a better target than a normal crowd, because there are twice as many of them (if we're talking typical humans)
@@joshuachan6918 and had a bunch of stickers and a big wooden wing
My dad would polish the axles super smooth with a sandpaper drill bit. Me and my brother would alternate who won every year. It's hilarious to realize that this was more of a competition for the dads.
It’s just sad for the kids who built their own car and your father was building for you
@@eliaskjrbo8142 Well, most 8yos haven't taken physics yet and are in it for the fun. Dads usually have way more competitive spirit, too.
@@eliaskjrbo8142 the kids will grow up and build their kids car, and the cycle repeats
@@Crusader1815 when i did it i was 13 and i did it myself and studied for it. Guess what i destroyed the competition! 😂
@@eliaskjrbo8142 because you were the only one in the competition
Paint flames on it.. Flames make it faster.. Proven scientific method
David Hamlin yes
David Hamlin word
True story!
paint flames flaming in which direction?
NICEFINENEWROBOT backwards obviously, otherwise they would Slow the car down :D
My daughter just won first place at her pinewood derby by using your techniques. Thanks Mark!!
My class: *has a pinewood derby race*
My teacher: So what’s ur strategy?
Me: have the most green blocks
We are having a race in S.T.E.A.M. and My whole class knows I have a secret but I won't tell anyone! I am taking as many notes from this video, and the other videos Mark put in the description, as I can. Also, my sister's car won for her grade so, I am taking some ideas from that car as well. I am also going to make it have the best paint job in the grade so that just in case I don't win for speed, I will still have a chance for design. I love science and art so this is the best project ever for me!
@@morganc1695 Tell us how it all went down :)
@@Tayfaan It hasn'r happened yet
@@morganc1695 I know, I meant I wanted to know when it happened lol
@@Tayfaan oh ok lol
imagine being beat by a door stop
Hobo Chicken 😂😂😂😂 this has been the best comment hahahahaha
I want to see the railroad track dom vs brian in the fast and the furious scene remade but with dom driving a doorstop
Hobo Chicken now imagine being beaten with a doorstop.
I love this comment.
I mean, it literally is a door stop... :'D
He just designed the cybertruck 5 years prior
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We’ve done pinewood derby’s at family reunions in the past, we’ve done okay. This is the first year my daughter is doing it as a Scout. We’re going to be the Swiftest down the track.
I’m working with my daughter on her’s for powder puff. Not only must it go fast, it has to look like a prehistoric horse wearing a Girl Scout vest. And open to disclose yummy cookies.
My son’s middle school did CO2 cars and the science teacher had been unbeaten for 12 years. No graphite was allowed, so we just polished with a drill as shown. Our cars had axel holes drilled all the way through the body and so we also smoothed the inside of the hole with the smoothed axels. Anyway, he ( ok, we) beat the teacher for the first time. Lots of fun!
Texas Swift - derbies
Do golf ball dimples
Best part of racing pinewood derby as a kid was the time spent with my grandpa. He made me do everything except when he melted the lead fishing weights to pour inside. Didn't do anything fancy. Made it to Districts. Still remember working in the shop with Grandpa 35 years later.
grandpa's are all kinds of awesome
Michael Jolley heartwarming man ;)
Didn't have my grandpa around at the time in the late 70s, but a little old man I would visit in a wheelchair up the street helped me cut my block down into something that looked like a car before I started sanding it. Good memories.
Isn't that the true reason for these races?
@@keithkooistra3670 yes
But how do i make the slowest scientifically possible car that still makes it past the finish line so i can drag out the race.
I could help you on that one. Signed, Last Place finisher. LOL
Daniel Greenwood make it light, with a draggy body shape
Do this but in reverse.
r/madlads
Do this but only following the information on the thumbnail, I got the “most economically friendly” award by doing that
"The less friction there is, the faster that car can be!"
I threw the car, so there is only air resistance, and it worked
lmao dqed the second u pick it up and yeet it lmao
@@frederikchristiansen8121 karen alert
@@frederikchristiansen8121 karen alert
SP D that isn’t a Karen u incel
Ha
my husband passed 3 years ago, so now I get to do the dad stuff like this. it's honestly more fun than the normal mom stuff I usually have to do. thank you for the tips!
"his 12 hour build against my 45 minute ex-nasa-engineer build"
lol
Well the physical build process may have been 45 minutes, but a lot of research was conducted first. We should count the time he spent researching what to do as well as the time spent doing it. I'm sure the 12-hour builders did research too, but they probably spent a lot of time on aesthetics, and on optimizing factors that didn't contribute as much to the car's success.
He deserved to be flexing that ex-Nasa engineer title 😅
BOIZ
Would he have done so well against it before slamming into it with his rocket car?
@@josephgarvey2153 I was thinking the same thing! That hit could have easily thrown the other car out of alignment. We also don't know if the Pack is running on the same rules as what he built his car by.
"Former NASA engineer bullies middle school kids in pinewood derby."
lol
"Former NASA engineer bullies middle school kids' dads in pinewood derby."
The pinewood derby is in Cub Scouts, not Boy Scouts, so it would be Elementary school kids.
@@vylet4807 I bet you're a riot to hang out with.
@@SnazzyZubloidsActually, I'm basically the nerd of 7th grade, everyone calls me a nerd, and I consider myself a nerd.
“Mark dunks on children for 16 minutes”
one second off
FamilyBand CNMT what do you mean no that’s the reel big oof no? Ok.
Why is James crying?
Nope 15:59 so your one second too much
You must be fun at parties
I lost every time because I actually built them myself.
I placed 3rd with my own design and car when I was in 3rd grade..went to the next level..it wasnt states or anything not sure what it was..didnt even place. was coold to say I got 3rd since lots of cars were built by the dads
I handbuilt mine too, with my dad only there to teach me and keep me supervised. All my cars had a natural wood finish, no paint.
2nd, 2nd, 1st, respectively :)
so cool
"Built by their dads and raced by the kids"
Lance Stroll?
What dad😳
In the same Boat Bro.
but i dont have a dad
I built my car then again i am 14
Don't forget the flames and racing stripes. Adds 100hp
+EpicMeh Everything about this comment is perfect. xD
+EpicMeh sponsor decals +5hp each
+EpicMeh Sanic decals add 100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 hp
+EpicMeh THE COLOR RED GOES FASTER!!
Sponsored tires +15 hp each
Had my son's first pinewood derby a couple weeks back. Used the information from this video, and won first place! Only took about 2 hours to assemble the car, which included cutting out my son's design. Bending the axles, adding weight and setting the center of gravity (used hot glue and pennies), making it ride on three wheels, and aligning it to pull slightly to that side only took about 30 minutes, and it DOMINATED! :D
skylarscaling nice
Awesome, Congratulations!!!!!
so you didn't use any of your own brain. cool story
@@theastuteangler Of course he did... he used his brain for 'research' which included watching this brilliant video!
aNELeOnwuka If he didn’t use his brain then the other dads must have negative intelligence lol
Beautiful work Mark. The visualization of energy using blocks is absolute genius.
He just explained energy in physics in like 4 minutes in an understandable way, something my physics teacher can't do.
But you do have access to this and are able to show your teachers!
"Hey I was looking in to this and he explained it in a way that is quite nice and simple"
If he/she asks why then you are honest "Well, I find your way of explaining quite hard to follow some times"
This is nothing bad, nor says it is bad.
They're people in the learning process and believe me the best feedback comes from the client.
@@hiba756 yay same bud
I love the way he dose that
them colored blocks
Same here.. he has a gift
Damn this is soo high quality for a 2014 video
Dude it was 2014 not the 1960s we had access to decent cameras 😅
@@jobo9534
I think the guy means the content is quality, not the video itself.
RUclips was better in 2014
@@RoarshackFilms
And that's a fact
doesnt beat vsauce
I love how he went from "bullying kids in a kid's competition" to "helping bust crime rings and scammers"
Character development.
same
Do you think he is bullying kids? This is a great informative video, the fact you see it as bullying is embarrassing, I prefer this stuff over his new stuff, mark and science is awesome, watching to catch a predator/true crime stuff is just eh
@@imnotsmartbutimdumb this is a joke based on his pinewood derby video
@@imnotsmartbutimdumb it’s a joke.
Great video mate! The other dads in the troop can eat my dust…. I mean my kids dust
Imagine building your own car gor hours. Then get beaten by a damn cheeseblock slapped with duct tape
How would it be a cheese block imagine being beat by a square of American cheese
@@nonotagain Imagine being beaten by those things that hold the door closed at the bottom (the wedges)
@@blackbed5108 A doorstop?
@@nonotagain a cheese door stop
imagine being beatin by nothing
1. Draw flames to your car
2. Done
make sure it's a yellow paintjob cause that adds 150bhp in ANY car
Vault Dweller *Face palm*
Ordan Oath do you even irony bro?
Vault Dweller *Face palm TIMES TWO!!!*
*****
Hot pink master-race bro. Get on mah level.
Thanks, Mark. My girls won the #1 and #2 spot today with the help of these suggestions.
+Evi1M4chine No, his "girls" are the cars he made all by himself in his garage. He named them Betty and Veronica
+Zemeda Zonne i think he's talking about his real girls
+Dustin Dilworth Didn't know that girls were boys. How progressive of you.
+Turk Sandwich Girls can't race pinewood cars? Not sure that's progressive... Sounds like a dad spending time with his daughters.
Phillip Carr
Well considering it is the "Boy Scouts" I don't know that dad spending time with daughter needs to apply. There is something called "Girl Scouts."
My son won 1st place out of about 15-20 other kids in his youth group at church thanks to your instruction!
Academically, he’s off the charts but pretty shy and very tender hearted. He’s had 0 interest in actually “competing” in any contest until this; largely thanks to your video!
You’re exceptionally gifted at explaining and sharing your knowledge for others to understand and follow, thank you!
I wish I could share a picture here for you to see!
I followed his whole video and did exactly everything he said and my sons car was the fastest on the track out of 50 Boy Scouts he won first place thanks to tips and tricks on how he told you to put the wheels and everything
Congrats
👏👏 good job
woooow xD
our races all 4 wheels needed to touch and no wheel mods besides removing injection mold seams
So basically it's a competition between the scouts dad's xD
Stole my school's doorstop.
Won the pinewood derby race
How do you sleep at night?
@Adon LovE and the doorstop behind his door so that no one can come in and disturb him
@@castraatmoko5444 lol
Sebastian-Benedict Flore only thing you stole was the top comment...
@@gonzalez6073 On a slightly inclined mattress with bent legs and center of mass concentrated at my head while staying close to the rail.
EDIT: Adult man explains taking candy from children.
Edit 2: Ex Nasa engineer BODIES kids at car racing competition
EDIT#3: children beat ex-nasa scientist to death with toy cars
EDIT: ROCKET MAN USES PROPULSION TO ANNIHILATE THE LOCAL CUB SCOUT TROOPS ROLLER DERBY
Edit: Edit
Great explanation using the blocks
So my boy's pinewood derby was a couple of weeks ago. Luckily I stumbled on this video a week before the competition and we built as close a replica to your 45 minute car (minus the duct tape) as we could. He designed and painted it, I cut it and placed the axles/did the alignment. I followed all the instructions with the exception of the lightweight wheels and bending the axles. I just nailed them in at a similar angle and.....he won the whole competition! He won every single race and easily had the fastest time. Thanks a ton for making this video, it worked amazingly well for us!
Guaranteed there’s a 7th grade teacher showing this in a classroom. This generations bill nye
zBKhJr He is another Bill Nye, but not a replacement.
litteraly the only reason im here
Mark Robber the NASA Guy
Mark Robber the NASA Guy
Brain: should probably go to sleep now
You tube: behold the mysteries I have to share
Who is Brian? Ralphylad
@@chadliampearcy It's your Brain
It's 3am on Christmas day and I'm still up on here
SAME
I am personally offended by the mistake Edit:oh wait
Thanks from my son for making this video. You helped us win his first pinewood derby. Definitely couldn't have done it without your video.
Watching this 6 years after it was made. I made one of these as a kid and loved seeing this. Had no idea there was so much to it! I was more concerned with my sweet paint job.
Brad Coleman tbh, mine had a TROPHY for “best looking”, in which we all voted on who’s looks the best, so I don’t blame you.
As a kid I got 2nd in state but spent an insane amount of time working on the cars... 60-80 hours+ and really wish I knew some of these tricks back then
Mark: uses science
Judges:"wait, that's illegal"
I changed the comment since we all know he won't call kids trash
LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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@@userwastaken3069 eeee
He wouldn’t say that but yeah
Yep
That's not a pinewood derby car, that's tesla's new cybercar
cybertruck*
@@sorcerer6373 No the cybertruck has different dimensions and has a truck bed in the back. These aren't pine wood derby trucks.
Chris Anderson I haven’t see anything about a cyber car. Only the cyber truck
yeh lol
SAME IDEA
We just did our pinewood derby last night and my kids car won! I did about half of the tricks you described in this video. Prioritized the tips that had the biggest impact. Thanks for making this vid and helping us out! You made my kids day (and mine)!
We had a team building pinewood derby race between multiple departments at my work. I built my car based on this video, and I dominated every race including the championship. So I thank you Mark for the physics lesson!
People: use THIS graphite
Mark: GRAPHITE IS GRAPHITE
THEY CAN'T CHANGE GRAPHITE!
SHOE IS SHOE
P40Gaming SHOE IS SHOE
P40Gaming it’s a meme
Have you ever drank Bailey's out of an old shoe?
This really makes me miss my dad.45 years ago he "helped" me build the most beautiful pinewood derby car. He was an engineer, we came in 2nd. The car flipped on the final round. He passed away about a year ago RIP Mike.
rest in peace he does
Sorry for your loss ;(
bro same here only I took first early 70's because of his knowledge & GRAPHITE !!!! we were the only one to use it.....
Also a NASA \ Space \ MIC elec. engineer
he passed in '99
Rest In Peace
@@cameltube-vk7el Lot more recent in the 00s my dad did the same. I forget what kind of weight we used though.
I'm honestly really glad my pinewood derby days were before the internet really took off. RUclips has kinda ruined it, I just see every kid/parent looking up videos like this now adays.
you forgot to paint it red that's important
claymorexnex and the racing stripe bruh
I thought it was yellow
Yellow lightning bolts
claymorexnex what about go-faster racing stripes? 😕
+Dan Bura stripes do make a car go faster...
We did this and it TOTALLY worked! First place! Thanks a million. That's after getting last place last year and second to last the year before.
*****
Excellent video on the basic physics concepts needed to have a successful pinewood derby car. My son has raced in our RA (Royal Ambassador) race at our church for 4 years and I have helped him work on his car (and yes he does a vast majority of the work [with my supervision and teaching about concepts in physics]) using most of the concepts in this video.
Our church buys kits so we have a precut shape already made for us when we get the kit. But my son sands his car, finds the balance point (Center of Mass), drills the axle holes, sands and polishes his nails, polishes the wheel bore, drills the holes to add weights, paints his car, and puts on the graphite. I help hold or act as his "assistant" when he needs another hand. I help put putty in the holes when we add weights (because it is messy and my son gets a skin rash from the wood putty) and I help push the axles into the holes while he holds the gap measurer (he is not strong enough to insert them by himself). So I would estimate he does 80+% of the work himself, but with assistance and supervision from me for proper technique and safety purposes. Each year as he gets older, more experienced, and physically coordinated he needs less and less of my help.
I already understood most of the concepts needed to build a fast car through my education, but researched ideas/concepts as we prepared each year. We aren't allowed to run on 3 wheels, so we have never attempted that technique. He has won every year and our goal has become to run faster each year by trying a new technique or perfecting one we already are using. The only thing we haven't tried is rail-riding and we plan on adding this technique to his car this year.
Here is what aggravates me about all the whiners and complainers: They almost all insist that (because he consistently wins) my son has no input into building the car. These are the same dads and mom who spend no time with their kids, slap a car together the night before the race with no thought about the car (because they have their lazy butts on the couch watching TV for hours on end), and could care less about spending quality time together with their kids. My son and I talk a good bit about the construction of his car, but the truth is we spend more time talking about life (God, the value of reaping the reward of hard work, his fears, aspirations, friends at school, his favorite class, movies, baseball, and even girls). The time we spend together during the building of his car is fantastic father-son time. The bonding and fellowship is why dads should invest time, thought, and effort into helping their kids build a car (winning is an added benefit and a by-product of a dad "being there" for his kid). The sad thing is every year I offer to have several weekend workshops where all the dads/sons can get together and we (me and my son) will help them with their cars. Sadly, not one has ever shown up for help. I have even had a few of my sons friends over to help them in bits and pieces work on their cars and yet not seen a single dad show up. How sad is that? These are the same dads (and some moms) that make accusations of the car being totally built by me or worse yet, that we are somehow cheating to win.
So again thank you for this great video. Dads and moms; spend time with your child building his/her car. Use the ideas and techniques in this video to make it fast. You may not win, but at least it will be competitive. You and your child will learn something about science, math, and physics. And miracle of all miracles, you might learn something about your child that you didn't know before by spending extra time with him or her.
+Lee Borcik Wow
Never had one of these cars, will never build one of these cars, spent 16 minutes watching this and I have no idea why 😂
me too
Me too
same
probably because youre boring, not productive, and a loser with nothing better to do.
stevie6868 same 😂😂😂 ok not even in America there isn't any Boy Scouts where I'm from
9:45 - wow, that's crazy to see what Mark's channel once was. Such immense growth
I dont even race and I watched the entire video. What am I doing with my life.
Same
+Brave Cat The reason is knowledge.
+Brave Cat Learning physics
+Brave Cat You're learning, nothing to be ashamed of.
im now sad those races arent really known here in germany...
would be great back then:)
Coming back to this video 5 years later after my dad watched it 5 years earlier from know, knowing that Mark Rober helped me set 5 new records on a 4 lane track is insane.
I love how easy he makes things to understand for incompetent people like me
The colored blocks especially were a nice touch.
😂 your such a nice person
Who ever has the most green blocks wins!! now let’s count them, can you count with me? Let’s see uno dos tres🤣🤣
i understand it, but don't have all the tools he used. I'm a female trying to build this car with no tools for my son. My son's going to be devastated.
@@BrendaMLKovacs aight
My 8yo ate this video up and did as much as he could with these tips. Dad and I helped very little - just cutting the basic shape and putting on the wheels for him. He set the track record for the year - can't beat that!
Why did I even listen to this? I've never tried it and I probably never will.
You are too damn interesting man.
***** I really enjoyed it! Feel free to make more longer videos :)
I have no idea how n why i came here.. but i did actually watch the whole vid even if i had no fking idea abt the railroad cars or whtever
- ̗̀new ̖́-Truly Atomic We don't even do pinewood derby in the UK and I watched the whole thing.. How did I even get here?
- ̗̀new ̖́-Truly Atomic I was just about to write the same thing... :D
Adam Same in Australia, its a very interesting topic on how stuff works and why.
I can guarantee you someone put all the weight at the front thinking it would "pull it down faster". In reality it's the worst possible spot.
I raise mine up on stilts that way gravity has to work harder and pull it down the track.....😃
I made a cop car Pine wood derby car and I put all that weight in the front.... Lost all the races but got best design!
I put half in front half in back and won 👌
@@hunterhendrickson4764 amature. I got best design AND I got best speed. Every year.
@@NightyFall amateur*
Fun fact: I met the guy who was the original maker of the kit. The reason the block of wood is the size it is, is because the company also made window frames and they were the scrap left over from cutting window frames.
I built my first Pinewood Derby car in 1965.
I work in a lumber mill and have been getting ideas looking at our scrap pile.
Maybe a walnut or oak derby car.
That’s cool thanks for the tidbit
@@krisaskew5801 start a local walnut derby league 🤣
Henry Ford used engine crates as beds for the pickup trucks they made. Very smart. I really enjoyed watching these videos. You all have really raised the bar to win or even compete. Thanks!
Just want to say “Thanks!” Followed the tips and advice in this video with my son to build our first ever derby car. We managed to beat out 101 other cars and take the top spot.
Science works!
I just love how an American sport has morphed from kids racing blocks of wood to dad's spending hours making precision engineered cars that their kids pretend they made.
Xaiano A dad with integrity wouldn't build the car for his son. But who cares about integrity these days, or, better yet, who cares about teaching their kids integrity?
A dad with integrity wouldn't build the car for his son. But who cares about integrity these days, or, better yet, who cares about teaching their kids integrity?
My dad always gave me a hacksaw and made me do it myself. My first car was fantastic looking and we made it look like a spaceship and it took me forever to build. In the years that followed, I got lazier and ended up eventually just cutting a 45 degree angle in the nose and drawing some flames on it in sharpie. I actually did pretty okay that year.
My father had me draw the shape I needed for the car, and he cut the rough shape. Why? I wasn't allowed to use the saw. It was modeled after the old gremlin my Dad had and got rid of a few years before. I then used my jack knife to carve it how I wanted the rest of it, sanded it. I use model paint to color it. Then in the end I drilled a bunch of holes in the bottom near back, melted some old sinkers in. We used graphite, sure he helped with melting and some of the drilling. but I did a large portion of it. it didn't win, it didn't get last place. Overall a bonding experience.
A dad with integrity would teach the son why his "precision engineered" car wins. And allow his son to do most of the work under his guidance. My dad did that, and because of his teaching i got a hobby, interest in physics, and basic tooling skills which i later refined and now use in my profession (woodwork)
I wish you were my science teacher
My 1st science teacher thought I was too into explosives. And she warned the school and my parents.
same
Well now he IS your science teacher
Eran Bursey yup
Eran
When I was a kid my dad basically just gave me a couple of little metal plates and some glue and said have fun
So I made an armored car
You made the Tesla cybertruck
Baby musk
And wheels, never forget the wheels.
I remember my little brother stuck half of a sawblade on top of his car and used design tape that had a flame design, so the flames didn't have to be painted on...he won for Best Design, and I'm still not really over it. I mean, how did he qualify with that sawblade?
awesome
When my sons and I did the PD circuit, many years ago, we figured it out on our own and I used it as a teaching tool. It’s gratifying to see that we had worked out several if these things on our own.
Why am I watching this, I'm not making a derby car... hell I never made a derby car in my life and never will so why am I even here?
TNSH Guy Because science is what makes the world go round. It's what makes just about every celestial body go round in fact.
cause it's the internet. watch the random things.
TNSH Guy because you clicked the video
science brought you here
because it's cool
Pfffft, just paint the car red, everyone knows da red wunz go fasta.
I like how people have spent years trying to improve their designs, then you come along and wins with a door wedge.
+mtothem1337 omg door wedge should totally use it
+mtothem1337 Hilarious comment lol
+I BallisticRaptor I actually did quite well with one that was just basically a brick.
Make a Hollow door wedge it is tons lighter.
Brandon Leonhard lighter doesn't mean faster look at the Chinook. Heavier = more potential energy which will be converted to speed
Our Cub Scout pack added some rules to help make it more of a Cub rather than a dad competition. Things like no turned wheels; you could polish the axles but had to do it yourself; age adjusted limits on what dad could do (obviously the little Tigers mostly decorated whereas the Webelos could do a lot more hand work.); and esp build days where power tools and leaders were available so that kids without them (and without dads) could have adult help. We also had an unlimited division for after the kids were done so the dads could show off.
Nobody:
Mark right before the Pinewood derby: PROPANE MAKE CAR GO ZOOOM
Hahahaa veri funy comment
@@danu4763 in fact it is. Sucks to be you to not understand it ?
CO2*
@@befer what?
@@danu4763 this comment is 2 months old I don't even remember
I have never participated in a pinewood derby but you kept my attention for much longer than most RUclips videos can. You did a very good science.
This video is missing one thing, a racing stripe. Everyone knows a race stripe makes a car go faster
+Rpp Wing And speed holes.
Lol
+Paul Metcalf and the color red
monster energy sticker
And being red
I was going to leave my husband & son to it, but your video has given me the confidence that my daughter & I can kick their butts with our awesome car! Thanks!
This dudes a magician changin the colour of them blocks flawlessly
A magician for turning the block 180 degrees?
or turning 90 degrees
yeah but you magically changed the colour of color. boom goes the dynamite
Caraoke Boys its 180 degrees... stay in school
Spaghetti Sauce it’s 1 colour each side so it’s 90 degrees 180 degrees or 270 degrees to change the colour
Randy Marsh accidentally discovered warp speed during a Pinewood Derby build for his son back in 2009. True Story.
^^
Haha gd on randy he is a true genius. I remember he dressed up as princess leia too steal the magnet
That's the same year Princess Lea was caught breaking into some lab if I remember correctly.
Shhhhhhhhhhhh or we have to give back the money
Lfmao
7:24 This is why Lewis Hamilton won on three wheels a few weeks ago at Silverstone British GP!
LOL
Lmao
Yessir
Lewis Hamilton is a (humble) god among men. If you get a chance watch the Dave Letterman interview... Amazing.
lmaoooo, good to know I'm not the only one who thought of that
Getting this recomended to me 10 years later
Scientifically speaking, if you would have put racing stripes on it it would have approximately 2.5 million times faster
ThePloyMaker's Evil Plans
l
he forgot the brembo brakes as well
ThePloyMaker's Evil Plans also red cars go faster so paint it red, I have estimated that this makes it 3.57 times faster and had my theory confirmed by 3 physicists that studied at Harvard.
Red goes faster.
Double that if it's red.
My son got first place because of this video. Also, it was his first pinewood derby. I fear we set the bar to high.
no, the bar is only too high if you have no desire to even make the attempt... i foresee the pinewood derby experience neatly folding into more elaborate designs and contest venues...encourage the creativity and mechanical thinking aspects and design concepts...such as robotics or aerospace ...possibly leading to a Scholarships to MIT... (that's a good thing)
Set the bar to eleven!
you mean he did
As long as that bar is canted at a 2.5 degree angle, you should be fine.
@@scottmantooth8785 na.... the person who designed, made, and raced the car is LONG PAST being able to go into such topics
instead.... the dad stole that opportunity from his kid...
if the kid saw this video..... and did these "hacks" on his own....GREAT!!!
but 99.5% of the time.... its the dad FORCING the kid to follow the DADS DESIGN
the kid doesnt learn anything besides "do what your told.... and dont question me"
The car that my dad build was the slowest but damn it was beautiful
Mine looked like a formula one car, but finished 2nd to last haha
stellvia hoenheim like you for insulting kid’s dads
stellvia hoenheim i never liked your comment...
@stellvia hoenheim I liked your comment. I'm all about the trash talk, and I don't need that sissy getting offended and sticking up for me.
Tyson Petroff Really? Smh... Smh... 🤦🏻♂️
Thank you!! My daughter just won 1st place in her Pack’s Pinewood Derby with all of your advice!
As an Eagle Scout who is trans, it warms my heart to hear of young girls now thriving in Scouting.
(By the way, to anyone who isn't familiar, I'm assuming it's not Girl Scouts because of the use of the word Pack, since Girl Scouts used the term Troop at all levels, whereas Cub Scouts - ages 6-11 - used the term Pack when I was a kid, and that's the age group that did pinewood derby)
Elon musk: *looks over shoulder in class coping ideas for Tesla
Copying*
I won 3rd place
Well, you couldn't have been more right
This aged extremely well!
Cybertruck xD
Back in the late 1950s my dad helped me build a winning pinewood racer (which) I still have. 1st step was to go to hobby shop and by a plastic model of an race car. I built the race car to act as a model for carving the block. Dad showed me how to cut cardboard templates to act as carving guides. He had me drill out the bottom side of the car and put weights toward the back and then us lightweight wood filler for the rest of the hole. This brought the car to maximum weight with more weight to rear. I won for both speed and beauty at my local recreation center and went on to regional where I got 2nd place for beauty. I didn't win for speed because I failed to recondition the axles after the 1st race. At the time dad was working on the 1st ICBMs for the US and treated the pinewood racer as design challenge.
Your dad worked on ICBMs! That's insane.
Wonderful memory. My family lived for years next to abandoned Nike missile battery. 😀
Who else here actually did the pinewood derby race before the time of RUclips?
Before you tube, before internet, before home computers, and before the usa turned 200 years old. I think about the same time our neighbor got a pong game. you could tape different transparencies over your tv screen and pretend it was air hockey.
Late 60s, 2nd place, won a Cub Scout wallet. Woohoo.
This guy.
2011 2nd Place winner ;)
@@c0llin123 youtube was founded is 2005 bro. Good job on 2nd place though!
Used this video last year for my son's (my) first pinewood Derby. He (I) won all 8 races.
My car was built like a DeSoto sedan and even had car doors. I came in last, but hey, I came in last with style.
holy smokes, should have put a spoiler and tint the windows. Would look nice.
My pine would derby gave out trophies for design as well.
I had a buddy whos dad was a wood worker by trade, his dad used two template bodies and made a perfect scale Lamborghini Diablo, even had holographic paint.
@@quattobeast oh, Lamboh should have been a killer :)
@@carsonproctor6037 same
This helped me win 2nd place overall
Thanks Mark.
KSP4Kids 5 months ago was in the vecation how did this help you in the vacation
It's actually 100% the paint job that will get you 1st in the pack.
Larvitar Dratini #rice to win itt
Hell Yeah!!!!! Lol......
Lol, chrome would make it OP then?
Racing stripes add at least 1.5 carlenghts, all else equal.
paint a Ford logo on the grill for maximum effect
mark rober is every other dads worst nightmare
The one my Dad built me in 1966 was Candy Apple Red with 4 1/2 oz of lead in the back above the rear axe. Dad carved out a hole melted down some fishing weight's, poured the lead in, wood puttied the hole,set the rear Axel. Carved it down to a 1930s Indy car body. And lubed the wheels and axels with ground pencil lead.
Candy Apple Red metallic with flames and sponsor sticks from model kits. It won the prize for being best looking. And for being the fastest. Damn, maybe just maybe,the old man was a little sharper than I gave him credit for.
Your dad cheated. You aren't allowed to use anything that doesn't come with the kit and lead fishing weights do not come with the kit. You didn't really win anything. Cheater!
@@gamewizard1760 I didn't build it. I barely got to touch it
@@gamewizard1760 You sure that was the case in 1966?
@@gamewizard1760 That's not true. We had to use the block of wood, axles and wheels that came with the kit, but beyond that, anything goes. See my above post that describes how we built our cars. That being said, his father was what's wrong with the Pinewood Derby, that being too much parental involvement. This is supposed to be a learning and bonding project for the boys and their parents, not dad beating a 12 year old kid by doing all the work. His old man was, no maybes about it, a prick.
@@mudduck754 Then why did you enter it? Your old man was a prick.
I didn't use a co2 cartrige; I used a c6-5 rocket motor, then ran for a fire extinguisher.
I bet that ended well.
c6-5 burns to long, try just using the 1st stage from a 2 stage c class motor. forgot what they were called (haven't had a rocket in 15 years) but I know the only burn for less than a second
c6-5 burns to long, try just using the 1st stage from a 2 stage c class motor. forgot what they were called (haven't had a rocket in 15 years) but I know the only burn for less than a second
c6-5 burns to long, try just using the 1st stage from a 2 stage c class motor. forgot what they were called (haven't had a rocket in 15 years) but I know the only burn for less than a second
Joshua Leniger I want it to burn FOREVER so I beat the SH** out of the competition!
This is the first video of Mark Rober’s that I saw. I was impressed because as a kid, I tried to design a PD car that would be the champion using what I thought was science, but I didn’t know enough about physics to make it happen. My car won on the local level but lost higher up. Now that I’m a scientist and an engineering professor, it makes me proud to see someone engineer this car correctly!
I used this video for reference to make a pinewood derby car at my summer camp and I took home the trophy thanks Mark!
In our Pack we also have the much coveted Turtle award- you have to be the slowest car that still crosses the finish line. It's pretty interesting to see the kids compete for that one.
We had spark plug trophies and the slowest got n upsidedown spark plug
Our pack had something like that to. I won. I uhhhh. I uh glued the axles and wheels. So. The wheels didn’t turn. And a few other things.
Take off the wheels and make it a sled
Don't make the wheels turn and make it slide across the track but put soap on the "wheels" so it at least crosses the flag
I'll just put minecraft slowness potion on a working car then LOL
I remember my Dad giving me some graphite for my axles and that was around the early to mid 60's. The Pinewood Derby seems a lot more "intense" than it used to be. I hope the spirit of fun is still there, not just a "Win, win, win!" attitude. Great video!
Great video!
Can't be worse than child hockey/baseball parents.
I was a kid in the 90's and my car did horribly. Probably because I actually built it, having a single mom who followed the let your kid build it technique. Im actually not salty, but what a dad fest lol
aguyandhiscomputer some* and most kids parents hate those people too
Roland,Same years entered one but I never got to touch the design or build my father took over and did the whole project.The winning car I suspect was the same way. My dad talk with winner dad who said his secret was the graphite on axle.Nobody else in the race did this trick.
Host of the race: WOAH! That car's amazing! How'd you do that?
Mark: Oh, I just used to work at NASA
Host of the race: Wut
Host of the race: disconnects
Competitors have left the chat*
host.exe has stopped responding
Hahahahahahaha this comment left me laughing a while!
When I was in grade 8 woods class, we did something very similar. Used Co2 canisters to propel our cars across the shop floor while attached to a string. I made a car that was as light as possible, low as possible and the wheels were covered. Fastest car in the class