RabidRacer

im planing on duing a nitro rc18mt. ill be useing a plane engine that puts out .38hp and 22,000rpm. do you think this will be enough to power it?
the engine weighs as much as the batt. if that.the fuel tank probably wiehgs what the stock moter and esc wiegh. so its well balenced out . plus the rx batt

Cummins

Damn, first it was HUGE Mini - T shocks and now it's nitro RC18's. Yo just keep coming with crazy ideas lol. I like the sound of a nitro mini. I saw a vid on the internet of a Mini T powered by a 0.61 airplane engine, man that was sick. The thing reached like 60 mph. Keep us updated with pics/plans.

On the topic of stupid things, I found an old 0.049 airplane engine with no carburettor, it's just a turn on and let it go job. What do you reckon I could do with it? I was thinking of a nitro powered hair dryer lol!

RabidRacer

go buy a mini t pro and put it in it.

nickd

I think it should be ok, for power,
Its going to be fun just to have a nitro mini
I belive the mamba electric motors probably do pack more power and with super light lipos that would be you best bet for huge power
I have seen vids of them doing 60mph and I cannot amagine how hard it would be to control at that speed for something that small.
I think 40mph is fast on my TC3 and something half the size doing 50% faster would be uncontrolable!
Nick

RabidRacer

i expect it to go about 30-35mph stock gearing. so not completly uncontrolable.

i am woryed about the tourque though. i know it will be ok for onroad but im buildin it for off. plus it has big tires

sik_tamiya

thats gotta be the coolest or dumbest idea ive ever heard but either wway itll be bad ass keep us up dated make a vid when ur done to...

Cummins

I was thinking about that, but the problem is it's such a cheap engine (about $5) that it is just a cylinder and that's it, It doesn't have a way of controlling throttle. It also doesn't have an exhaust pipe so is mega loud. It just has a couple of holes in the bottom of the cylinder for the gasses to escape... it would work though if you made a fan powered car as I have the original propellor.

"I belive the mamba electric motors probably do pack more power and with super light lipos that would be you best bet for huge power "

I hella prefer the smell of nitro to sheer electric power. If you saw RabidRacer's huge Mini-T shocks you'll realise he's pretty insane. Not all crazy ideas have to have a purpose. It would be pretty cool knowing your the only guy in the world with a nitro RC18T.

RabidRacer

ya a fan powered car would be cool
or a hover craft.

djeurofoeva

dude a rc18t that can hover over water that would be insane that would be amazing its like " im driving on sand look im going in the water and look im driving" or dude check this out im gonna cross my pool with my rc18t ..." . that would be realy cool

Cummins

yeah. You could like do a driving on water stunt lol. The only problem is the fan would have to be at the front because it was designed for a plane so it would drag the car along. The problem with that is that if it hits anyone (or if you have to grab it to stop it) it would mince up that guy leg (OUCH!!!)

RabidRacer

ive got the plan layd out but im still working out the final bugs. right now i cant find a fuel tank that can fit inside a 1 inche by 1.5inch space and it about 1.5 inches tall at most

Cummins

Do you do any modelling? If so, use an old Tamiya 10ml paint bottle, drill a hole throught the lid and shove some fuel tubing through. Done!

I like your new pic (or avetar to those more fancy people lol!)

RabidRacer

thats a good idea with the paint bottle. i do have some realy small ones but they wont work. i could probably mount it to the back since i realy need battery room

bahardar

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Would it be possible to take a brushless out of something else like an airplane engine or just find some brushless engine on google and put that in. I think it would be a lot cheaper than buying a mamba, and you might also be able to get one faster with a higher torqe than the mamba.[8D]

Has anyone heard of anyone taking a brushless out of something else?

here's a link with some motors that I think would work. http://www.hobby-lobby.com/model_motors.htm

Cummins

Technically yes providing it'll fit in the motor mounts and is compatible with your esc + batteries.

RabidRacer

im almost done with the final drawing layout. i just have to get the exact measurement of the moter and ill be good

Cummins

cool, post pics and keep us updated!

RabidRacer

ill make a realy good and detailed final drawing soon. im trying to keep it as seecret as posible though until its done

46u

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I have seen this done on another site.

Cummins

46u, how did it turn out?

MBX5T Maniac

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BOOM! lol

RabidRacer

it was probably done to a mini t,

and if it blew up its cuz it was a engine with less power than the one im using

MBX5T Maniac

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it was a joke. it turned out fine for a mini-t. so go for it.

Cummins

Yeah, Mini T's are more popular for crazy stunts like this than RC18's. Possibly because of motor placement? Probably though as everyone uprgarades to RC18's they have a Mini T lying around though .

RabidRacer

heres somethin funny,

im not doing it anymore its costing to much and is going to be way unbalenced[]