Pinewood Derby
The Pinewood Derby is the wood car racing event of Cub Scouts. With the help of Akela (aka parent/guardian), scouts build their own unpowered, unmanned miniature cars from wood, from kits containing a block of pine wood, plastic wheels, and metal axles.
From the sleek fast looking cars to the interesting theme based cars, every car is different and reflects the scouts interests.
Pinewood Derby Rules
Pinewood Derby Rules
Here are the Grand Canyon Council Pinewood Derby rules.
The Science of the Derby
The Science of the Derby
Check out this great video from Mark Rober on the science behind the Pinewood Derby car. He explains how we can maximize the cars potential energy and turn it into speed!!! He then uses the techniques he talks about to build a super fast car.