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01-06-2011, 11:11 PM
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I was wondering if anyone has ever used a super charger that fits on most nitro motors that is built by RB Innovations? I'm trying to find out a little information on this product and any help would be greatly appreciated.
01-06-2011, 11:15 PM
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RE: engine
I have been kickin around the idea of asking if anyone has fit a supercharger to their glow engines for a plane.. Iknow they make them for the monster trucks but I wondered if it were practical to put a little air squeezer on an aircraft engine.. I am interested.
01-08-2011, 02:29 PM
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last summer i spent 4 weeks trying to get a supercharger to work on a traxxas 3.3. IT CANT BE DONE. DONT EVEN TRY. just learn to tune, it might take some time but thats your best bet for performance.
01-08-2011, 03:15 PM
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Moe, I have no problems tuning for the most part so I cant say that I was curious about the "tune it and forget" aspect of the supercharger system. Iwas wondering if anyone has tried one of these units on an aircraft engine and if not, is it impractical. I have thought about gettin one for my Revo once upon a time but after what you said, I am certainly thinking otherwise! thats good information to have.
01-09-2011, 06:03 AM
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To get any meaningful increase in horsepower, the compression would have to be changed on the engine, along with the porting. The same improvement can be made by increasing nitro since it adds oxygen to the mix just like a supercharger does. Or, for about the same weight penalty as adding a supercharger you can increase displacement to make more power. On these little powerplants, it's just not practical when the other methods of making horsepower are so much simpler.
01-09-2011, 09:10 AM
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ORIGINAL: jester_s1
To get any meaningful increase in horsepower, the compression would have to be changed on the engine, along with the porting. The same improvement can be made by increasing nitro since it adds oxygen to the mix just like a supercharger does. Or, for about the same weight penalty as adding a supercharger you can increase displacement to make more power. On these little powerplants, it's just not practical when the other methods of making horsepower are so much simpler.
To get any meaningful increase in horsepower, the compression would have to be changed on the engine, along with the porting. The same improvement can be made by increasing nitro since it adds oxygen to the mix just like a supercharger does. Or, for about the same weight penalty as adding a supercharger you can increase displacement to make more power. On these little powerplants, it's just not practical when the other methods of making horsepower are so much simpler.
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01-09-2011, 09:35 AM
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RE: engine
ORIGINAL: jester_s1
To get any meaningful increase in horsepower, the compression would have to be changed on the engine, along with the porting. The same improvement can be made by increasing nitro since it adds oxygen to the mix just like a supercharger does. Or, for about the same weight penalty as adding a supercharger you can increase displacement to make more power. On these little powerplants, it's just not practical when the other methods of making horsepower are so much simpler.
To get any meaningful increase in horsepower, the compression would have to be changed on the engine, along with the porting. The same improvement can be made by increasing nitro since it adds oxygen to the mix just like a supercharger does. Or, for about the same weight penalty as adding a supercharger you can increase displacement to make more power. On these little powerplants, it's just not practical when the other methods of making horsepower are so much simpler.
01-09-2011, 10:00 AM
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RE: engine
There is a photo of one in High Flight {IMAA magazine} Vol.24 No. 3 Fall issue 2003 page 72 taken at the Joe Nall. the caption states it's a photo of a roots blower on an OS engine but it sure looks like a Saito to me. Nothing said about it other then the caption. Looks very cool and mean but if it was something that worked really well it sure didn't catch on.
