gr8sailor

Brewmeister, we have three different methods. You've outlined one. The easiest method is just to add scotch tape to the "light" side until it's balanced. Depending on the shape of the prop, we also added a bead of 5-minute Epoxy to the leading or trailing edges of the "light" side. When looking at the prop head-on, you could tell one of the blades was "bent" to either the left or right of the centerline (probably due to improper packaging).

At the moment we have a grand total of 36 boys who have picked-up their kits. We have already bought enough rubber bands to give them each 3 brand-new bands for competition day, and we have stressed to use them sparingly (use the kit bands for testing). I did a bunch of testing last evening, and found that as long as we lubricate the bands before racing we're getting 10 runs on our test rockets before we start running into band breakage (usually due to defects identified beforehand, which can be avoided). As far as winding...we have that taken care of too (as one of the online complai

Akecheta, Yes we are doing both of those suggestions with our rubber bands. I'll definitely take a look at that forum when I get a free moment, it was not coming up in any on-line searches. ScoutNut, Nobody in our district leadership has direct experience with the Space Derby. We're the first Pack even attempting it within the last 10 years. I had to talk to a "retired" Scout leader, who was the last person with direct experience, just to get our attempt off the ground. SeattlePioneer, I'll definitely put that in my notes. Sounds like lots of fun. The Council has a "Cub

Hello, I'm an Assistant Cubmaster with my local Pack tasked with putting together our first-ever Space Derby. I'm hoping to get in contact with another adult leader who has actually tried to run this race, as we're running into an issue with our testing Rockets. We've put together a great adjustable length track, with electronic timing (compatable with our Pinewood Derby software), however these Rockets just refuse to fly consistently. The rubber bands that are coming with the kits are complete junk, so we've been experimenting with better rubber bands out of the following kit: http