Pine Wood Dragsters

[roguedawg]

Has anyone done Pine Wood Dragsters before? You may ask, what is a Pine Wood Dragster? It is a pine wood derby car with a hole drilled out in the center of the car. A model rocket engine in put into place with the shoot placed in the front of the car. The dragsters are placed on a track and sent down a wire to a finish line. The shoot deploys and slows the car down. I have a car made, but I have not raced it yet. Here is the website I came across. God bless. RD

 

http://www.maximum-velocity.com/rocket_cars.htm

 

I contacted a Ranger Commander out in CA. He says they are a real hit. They use the stardard PWD wheels and they work fine. I got some larger wheels from a toy car at a local dollar store. as I said, I have not raced it yet, so I can't say if it is a good idea or not. I was brought up to never fire a rocket horizontally, but I guess that concept was thrown out years ago. I think an event could be run safely though. Who knows.