Pinewood Derby Fast and Furious Speed Secrets: Tips & Tricks for Building Winning Cars - Softcover

Meade, David; Thorne, Troy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1565239040 ISBN 13: 9781565239043

Verlag: Fox Chapel Publishing, 2016

Inhaltsangabe

Cross the finish line in the fastest car! Any parent and child can build a successful Pinewood Derby(R) car with the designs and techniques in this enjoyable book.Derby-winning dads reveal their scout-legal tricks for making faster cars, using ordinary tools that you probably already have at home.With hundreds of colour photographs and clear diagrams and illustrations, this essential handbook offers tips for designing your own car, placing the weights, optimizing the wheels, applying a cool paint job and more.Simple explanations of derby car speed science will inspire you to shave those last tenths of a second off your time and go home with the trophy.

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

By profession, David Meade is a research scientist, holding a master's degree in statistics, his background in research and experimental design has enabled him to develop a unique and powerful approach to Pinewood Derby racing. He also enjoys model rocketry and astronomy.

Pinewood Derby-winning dad Troy Thorne is a graduate of Savannah College of Art and Design, and spent over 10 years in the advertising field. He is an active scouting volunteer, builds furniture and canoes, and works with his son who was a national finalist in the All-Star Derby Design Contest.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Fox Chapel Publishing
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2016
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1565239040
• ISBN 13: 9781565239043
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 96
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