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The space derby was a racing event for Cub Scouts in the Boy Scouts of America that is similar to the pinewood derby car race. [1] Cub Scouts (the young-age division of the Boy Scouts) race miniature balsa wood gliders that are propelled by a rubber band and propeller. During the 1960s, this was also known as the "rocket derby".
Some GSUSA troops compete against Cub Scout packs. Pioneer Clubs and the Lutheran Girl/Boy Pioneers call their races, Pine Car Derby. Royal Ambassadors have RA Racers or RA Racer Derby. [7] Royal Rangers's event, the Pinewood Derby, [7] use a different kit with an original style narrow wheel, adjustable screw axle and wooden dowel axle housing ...
The pinewood derby is the wood car racing event of the Cub Scout Program of the Boy Scouts of America. Pinewood derbies are often run by packs of the Cub Scouts program. With the help of adults, Cub Scouts build their own unpowered, unmanned miniature cars from wood, usually from kits containing a block of pine wood, plastic wheels, and metal axles.
Boy Scout Troop 2 helpers David Barley, left, and Gabriel Stone brought cars to and from the track April 2 during Cub Scout Pack 2’s annual pinewood derby at the First Presbyterian Church in Oneida.
The raingutter regatta is a racing event for Cub Scouts in the Boy Scouts of America that is the sailboat equivalent of the pinewood derby. The sailboat kit consists of a seven-inch (178 mm) long balsa wood hull, a 6 + 1 ⁄ 2-inch mast, plastic sail, plastic rudder, and metal keel. Within the basic design rules, Scouts are free to paint and ...
The most famous wood racing event is the Boy Scouts of America's annual Pinewood Derby which debuted in 1953. Entry is open to Cub Scouts. Entrants are supplied with a kit containing a wooden block out of which to carve the body, four plastic wheels, and four axle nails; or they may purchase their own commercially available kit.
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Scout X, also known as Cub Scout, was an American rocket which served as a prototype of the Scout, which was launched on a single test flight in 1960.It was used to test the configuration that later Scout rockets would use as well as two of the solid rocket motors that would be used on them.