Right now, I have two different RC trucks with glow engines. The Traxxas nitro stampede has a .20 in.³ or 3.3cc engine, and the team associated RC10GT2 has a .15 in.³ or 2.5cc. they are both screamers! The stampede originally had a .15 engine, and the upgrade to the 3.3cc more than tripled the horsepower! It can be geared to run straight line speeds of over 100 mph as a friend of mine set his up, but mine Has stock gearing, so it would probably do around 65 mph. Kevin in Hillsboro Oregon
Sent from my iPhone > On May 19, 2020, at 5:14 PM, Craig via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > On Tue, 19 May 2020 18:37:36 -0400 Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> Oh so the fuel burning kept the glow plug hot then? I wondered why >> those things burned out so often and I had to keep buying new ones. >> That little coil was pretty tiny I figured it was compression ignition >> once it got going and heated up. Learn something new... >> >> --FT > > I have heard them called semi-diesels. > > I flew control-line model airplanes with a 0.35 in^3 engine and an 8 - 10" > prop. > > In college, I build a radio-controlled airplane with a 0.74 in^3 engine > with a 12 - 14" prop. Unfortunately, the radio was on Citizen Band. One > time while flying, a kid nearby heard this strange sound on his CB and > keyed his mike. My plane nose-dived onto an asphalt road. > > > Craig > > >> >>> On May 19, 2020, at 3:30 PM, OK Don via Mercedes >>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>> Nope, not compression engines - the glow plug keeps glowing once the >>> engine is started - keeps igniting the fuel/air mixture. The true >>> compression model airplane engines had wicked high compression and >>> were hard to start. > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
