Pvcmaster's Co2 Car W/Race Results!

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What do you think overall?

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Here is the car I promised, all painted and finished. It was unbelievably fast, and it won 1st place overall in my class. We did elimination rounds, and it never lost a race! The best time for the car was 1.236 seconds down a 65 ft, 7.5 inches. That is a 36.2 mph average time! My teacher said that it might have broken the school record, and no other cars in my class even came close. Oh, and drag in the wind tunnel was 28.6 grams, nowhere near what i would have expected(a bad thing), any theories?Here are some pictures:
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Thu Nov 08, 2007 4:14 pm

how is the Co2 bulm puntured? looks amazing :twisted:
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Thu Nov 08, 2007 4:20 pm

It is electonically fired by some sort of pin. Thanks for the compliments!
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Thu Nov 08, 2007 4:22 pm

i made one of them once mine was fast also...

but it was pink :lol:
can i be a sasquatch ?
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Thu Nov 08, 2007 4:25 pm

nice paint job man looks real good. good idea by making the air hitting it flow through that hole
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Thu Nov 08, 2007 4:37 pm

Can ya piost a pic of the firing mechinism?
Why do I try to make a relevant post?
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Thu Nov 08, 2007 4:38 pm

^ yeah, im also wondering how it punctures the casing
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Thu Nov 08, 2007 4:43 pm

I looked, but i couldnt find a picture on the web. I bet JSR could find one though. :lol:
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Thu Nov 08, 2007 5:06 pm

Good job pvc. 1st place over all, nice! What gave you the idea for the two tone paint job?
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Thu Nov 08, 2007 5:16 pm

Thanks for the compliments! I dont know where these ideas come from. :wink:
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Sat Nov 10, 2007 10:51 pm

The co2 puncturer seems to me pretty simple but really expensive, i cant find any less priced ones.


http://catalog.pitsco.com/store/detail. ... 20&ID=4422

BTW sick paint job

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Wed Nov 28, 2007 7:41 pm

thats so sick

we used to make these in tech ed back in middle school tehy go like 70 mph, im trying to remeber how he did it he had like a gun thing that poked it
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Thu Dec 20, 2007 10:55 am

70mph i highly dought it sorry
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Mon Dec 24, 2007 10:03 am

joemama wrote:thats so sick

we used to make these in tech ed back in middle school tehy go like 70 mph, im trying to remeber how he did it he had like a gun thing that poked it
Yeah thats quite a comment. :wink: I like the grammar too.
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Sat Dec 29, 2007 3:44 am

I made one of those in middle school. A twin rail and some hand carving on mine. Those suckers went FAST! We had the old 2 gate mechanical launcher. And we actually ran the whole thing. Its just a screw cuff on a metal "can" with a light spring to keep the pin in the back, set the neck of the Co2 inside, the hammer drops and slams that little point forward into the cap. The pin itself looks like it has a fender washer on it cept its all one piece.

Awsome looking car though, nice paint job too. Do I see some milling?
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