Rivian R1S pinewood derby car

[rogersmj]

My son in Cub Scouts decided that our R1S in Rivian blue was "cool" (who am I to argue) and he wanted to make that his pinewood derby car this year.

This is what he built. He did pretty much all of it himself. The only things I helped him with was giving him the idea to glue two standard kit blocks together (because he wanted it to be proportionally taller than a normal pinewood derby car, to look more accurate), and helping him get the decals printed. He did the design/tracing, sanding, took reference photos, got his grandma's art paint pens to do the detail work...I think it turned out pretty good!

"I'm not going for speed this year dad, I just want it to look cool." Amen, son.

And in the theme of "Art imitates life"... it was too heavy per the rules, I had drill out some weight from the bottom.

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[Snowdog]

Epic

 

[wicked2112]

 

[dradam]

Awesome !!!

 

[Gen(R3)Xer]

Looks cool to me. How many miles of range does that thing get?

 

[Ralph]

Who makes it?

 

[Newtonrj]

When you drilled the extra weight out, battery powered drill, right?

 

[rogersmj]

Looks cool to me. How many miles of range does that thing get?

Hopefully it gets at least 42 feet. Part of that's downhill though.

Who makes it?

My...10 year old? It started out as two blocks of wood from a kit like this.

When you drilled the extra weight out, battery powered drill, right?

Absolutely! DeWalt 20v all the way.

 

[Time2Roll]

Might be against the rules to make it a QUAD.

 

[kurtlikevonnegut]

I might have gone with an R3X....

 

[renderpaz]

Nailed the blue!

 

[R1SNRGY]

Hope you set regen to low...

 

[Mellowyellow]

….does it have CarPlay?

 

[snowboarder777]

That's awesome! Brings back memories of my boyscout pinewood derby racing days.

 

[skyguyscott]

Yes, the memories. Mine was a Lizard Green Dragster, as I recall. So many, many years ago. He'll remember this for ages!

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