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yeah. wait you have all nitros? i always thought you had an electric.
Yup. Well, the runners are all nitro. But they need batteries too. Nobody has thought to embed some magnets in the flywheel, throw a coil behind it, and power the receiver and servos that way...
The Mini-Z and Mini-T may be electric but they're hardly functional. Hell I don't even know where the Mini-Z is at the moment.
lol. well that would be good if they didn't need batteries. thats just extra weight added...not to mention all the weight from the engine already.
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Replace batteries with alternator > weight penalty nullified. 'Long as the engine is running you have power, and mechanical means will get the car to a safe stop if it stalls.
Though if I designed it the option would exist to continue to use batteries. I would. But then again I don't race so a couple extra ounces doesn't bother me at all.
NOOOOOOO! don't bring electronics in to nitro motors! So much more to go wrong, not to mention the amount of power it would take to actually turn the alternator
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...really? A few neodymium magnets the size of a hearing aid battery, three inches of wire and two diodes is "so much more to go wrong"?
If that's the case then why is there such a system currently on the market for aircraft? Aircraft are WAAAAAY more sensitive to weight than our cars are and if something flails they tend to turn into confetti. Yet, a system extremely similar to what I'm describing is available and selling well enough to warrant a 150 dollar price tag.