What is the difference between Pinewood Derby and LEGO Derby Car racing? LEGO Derby is a new, cool way to race cars! It's all about building a car made from LEGO parts and racing them down a pinewood derby track. You get all the fun of pinewood derby racing without the extensive time it takes to make a car from wood. Just snap together LEGO parts, right? There are a few problems to solve. Commercial LEGO wheels and axles do not work on a pinewood derby track. First, you need the perfect wheel spacing so your car fits the lanes on a pinewood derby track. Second, you need the correct track clearance. Third, you want your LEGO Race Car to be fast! LEGO parts are not made for racing like pinewood derby car parts, so a car built with LEGO parts will be slow. The plastic LEGO axles are slow. The rubber LEGO wheels are slow. Lastly, if you've raced pinewood derby cars, you know that you need to add weight to your car to reach maximum velocity.
LEGO race cars on plastic track The secret is Pinewood Pro's new PRO Brick Wheel Assembly : LEGO derby cars on Pinewood Derby track To add weight, snap on a Zinc Brick. (See the silver colored Zinc Bricks on the back of the LEGO Derby cars in the image above.) Pinewood Pro used their engineering skills and 15+ years of pinewood derby racing expertise to design the perfect parts to bring the fun of pinewood derby car racing to LEGO Derby car racing. The PRO Brick is a custom designed part that supports a Speed Axle and custom Ultra-Lite Wheel designed for speed. The PRO Brick, Speed Axle and Ultra-Lite Wheel are pre-assembled to give the perfect pinewood derby track clearance and the Wheel is preset with the perfect gap to minimize wobble and friction. Each PRO Wheel Assembly weighs only .11oz (3.15g) so your car starts fast, accelerates fast and allows you to place more weight on the car body giving your car more inertia through to the finish line. Individual wheel assemblies gives more flexibility to move wheels.
More flexibility means more creativity. Just snap the PRO Brick Wheel Assembly into any LEGO part and you're off to the races. PRO Brick Wheel Assembly to Race LEGO Derby Cars We designed these parts for speed so your your LEGO Derby Car will be fast. A fast car needs fast wheels and fast axles . The PRO Derby Wheel is Ultra Light, yet sturdy. The axles are nickle-plated comparable to our best pinewood derby speed axle. This new Wheel-Axle combination will make your LEGO Derby Car zoom down the track comparable to the fastest pinewood derby cars. Lastly, you need weight, since your car flys down the track from the force of gravity. Just like pinewood derby cars, you want your LEGO Derby Car to have the maxiumum weight allowed in your race rules so your car has the inertia to speed to the finish line. The easiest way to add weight to your car is with our new Derby Zinc Brick. Just snap this zinc weight anywhere on your car just like any other LEGO part. Each brick weighs .44oz.
You can easily move this weight to adjust the center of gravity for optimal performance. For more speed tips, the Winning Pinewoood Derby Secrets also applies to LEGO Derby Car racing. Zinc Brick Weights for LEGO Derby Cars If you want to build a LEGO Pinewood Derby Car, you need to build your car on top of the "pine wood" derby wooden block that comes with your official pinewood derby kit. In addition, you need to use the axles and wheels that come with your official kit. All pinewood derby races require using the parts that come with your car kit. Your kit could be the BSA kit for Cub Scouts or the Awana Grand Prix car kit or other similar pinewood derby kit. Read our free Guide How to Build a LEGO Pinewood Derby Car that tells you how to build an official pinewood derby car using LEGO parts. LEGO Derby PRO Brick Wheel Assembly or Zinc Brick Weights Running a LEGO Derby race for your Pack, Summer Camp, School or Church? Call about Group Discounts 203-400-3713
LEGO car racing is great idea for Cub Scout Recruitement night. It's fast, it's fun and kids get a feel for the excitement of a fun scouting event building and racing cars. Best of all, adults and siblings can build and race cars too. Check out images from our Pack 44 LEGO Car Racing for Cub Scout recruitment. Run a LEGO derby car race to teach Engineering and the Physics of motion for a STEM summer camp. I taught AND demonstrated the principles of Friction, Inertia, Center of Gravity and Velocity in a fun way. Check out images from our STEM Summer Camp LEGO Car Racing.This set inventory has been obtained from LEGO Customer Services replacement parts page. Important note: We do not control this inventory and cannot currently make changes to it. Use it as a guide to the contents of the set, or to find out part numbers when requesting replacements. Download the inventory as a CSV file » inventory for this set »24 Hours Race Carproduct_label_list_price_accessibility 23 ReviewsFIND MORE PRODUCTS LIKE THISTechnicCarsVehiclesScream around the circuit in the lightning-fast LEGO® Technic 24 Hours Race Car!
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