You can decide.
Porter's pack had a Space Derby instead of Pinewood Derby this year.
Each cub-daddy-team fashioned a balsa wood space shuttle
complete with a rubberband operated propeller.
Each cub-daddy-team fashioned a balsa wood space shuttle
complete with a rubberband operated propeller.
PLENTY of work was put into creating the "track" for the rockets to fly on -- complete with sensors wired directly into a laptop to determine the winners of each heat.
Can you see all those wires?
Sorry about my lack of photography skills - but this isn't "that" kind of blog.
In our awesome Pack #708's defense,
the flying tracks were state-of-the-art, but just a bit too tall for the cubs to reach.
(Which, I initially thought was brilliant
to keep the boys from hanging from it and running into it
and bringing the whole thing down before the races could even begin!)
But it did make me chuckle as it turned into sort-of a daddy event
when the time came to hang & release the rockets!
The dads were VERY serious about holding their cub's rocket
'just so'
as to provide every advantage for their scout.
The first couple races the rockets barely made it two feet.
With a bit more fine tuning, they were whizzing across to the finish line.
With a bit more fine tuning,
Porter's shuttle rocketed across the track and SLAMMED into the finish line
and exploded.
That was his final race.
2 comments:
At first read I thought that the rocket idea would be cool. Then with the exploding and all, I think I'll stay with the cars when Nate is old enough! I guess you could say Porter's race went out with a "bang"? Too funny. Looks like a good time had by all!
I kinda predicted that ending in my head :)
You must have some real tech-y people in your scout troup. That set up looks pretty sweet! Very cool idea :)
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