• fubarx@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    We got DESTROYED in pinewood derby one year when someone’s engineer dad carved the body into a smooth, irregularly shaped U, with contoured weights. He said he used CAD software, did wind-tunnel tests, and used a special CNC machine to shape it.

    Most kids were happy the wheels stayed on.