Re: [MBZ] Diesel Slot Cars

2020-05-20 Thread Kevin Kraly via Mercedes 
Traxxas RC’s are relatively durable and reliable. I have a 1/16 Traxxas Mini 
E-Revo VXL Brushless that is quite fun with its instant acceleration and 
massive wheelies. The brushed version I had was easier to handle and nearly the 
same top end speed. A company called RPM makes many “unbreakable” parts that 
have a lifetime guarantee including suspension arms, axle bearing carriers, 
bulkheads etc. I’ve only ever broken a bumper, and rendered a suspension arm 
unusable since the hinge pin was bent so bad that it couldn’t be removed.
Kevin in Hillsboro, OR
2019 Sprinter 12 passenger 144WB 830 miles, Low Mileage Lutgard
1982 240D, High Mileage Hildegard with a lower mileage engine, still in the shop
PS. I hope it’s ready by 6/16 (240D day!

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> On May 19, 2020, at 8:51 PM, Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes 
>  wrote:
> 
> Count me among the nostalgic model car guys. I used to dream about that
> stuff growing up overseas and pored over the few RC magazines available to
> me. Never had the funds to buy one though.
> 
> Recently a guy at a local model shop built up an old aluminum plate chassis
> 2wd off road car with a 0.15 OSMax motor, vintage muffler, clutch and
> drivetrain. He put a clear plastic ford ranger body on it. I thought no
> childhood is really complete without one, so I splurged on it. The kids
> have electric 1/16 traxxas cars so we run them around the yard.
> 
> The gasser will pretty much flip over backwards if I get on it too hard.
> Pretty hard to start the motor by modern traxxas standards. Have to get the
> carb set just right. Turns 18k rpms I think. Sounds like a weed eater but
> angrier. The tires balloon out at speed providing a cvt type effect on flat
> ground. It goes faster than I dare drive it. I would like to set up an FPV
> camera on it.
> 
> We are also in the middle of a  balsa/paper ww1 biplane kit build and will
> likely throw a low power electric rc setup on it just to say we did it. We
> have a simulator so I am making the kids get competent on that so they dont
> splat the thing right away.
> 
> 
> 
>> On Tue, May 19, 2020, 5:47 PM Kevin Kraly via Mercedes <
>> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>> 
>> 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 
>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> On Tue, 19 May 2020 18:37:36 -0400 Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
>>>  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
>  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.
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Re: [MBZ] Diesel Slot Cars

2020-05-19 Thread OK Don via Mercedes 
Solid balsa models are best for first time RC fliers - they last longer,
take less to repair, but are heavier and don't perform as well. After it's
totaled, then move on to the built-up models.

On Tue, May 19, 2020 at 10:51 PM Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

> Count me among the nostalgic model car guys. I used to dream about that
> stuff growing up overseas and pored over the few RC magazines available to
> me. Never had the funds to buy one though.
>
> Recently a guy at a local model shop built up an old aluminum plate chassis
> 2wd off road car with a 0.15 OSMax motor, vintage muffler, clutch and
> drivetrain. He put a clear plastic ford ranger body on it. I thought no
> childhood is really complete without one, so I splurged on it. The kids
> have electric 1/16 traxxas cars so we run them around the yard.
>
> The gasser will pretty much flip over backwards if I get on it too hard.
> Pretty hard to start the motor by modern traxxas standards. Have to get the
> carb set just right. Turns 18k rpms I think. Sounds like a weed eater but
> angrier. The tires balloon out at speed providing a cvt type effect on flat
> ground. It goes faster than I dare drive it. I would like to set up an FPV
> camera on it.
>
> We are also in the middle of a  balsa/paper ww1 biplane kit build and will
> likely throw a low power electric rc setup on it just to say we did it. We
> have a simulator so I am making the kids get competent on that so they dont
> splat the thing right away.
>
>
>
> On Tue, May 19, 2020, 5:47 PM Kevin Kraly via Mercedes <
> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>
> > 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  >
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > On Tue, 19 May 2020 18:37:36 -0400 Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
> > >  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
> > >>>  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.
> > >
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Re: [MBZ] Diesel Slot Cars

2020-05-19 Thread Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes 
Count me among the nostalgic model car guys. I used to dream about that
stuff growing up overseas and pored over the few RC magazines available to
me. Never had the funds to buy one though.

Recently a guy at a local model shop built up an old aluminum plate chassis
2wd off road car with a 0.15 OSMax motor, vintage muffler, clutch and
drivetrain. He put a clear plastic ford ranger body on it. I thought no
childhood is really complete without one, so I splurged on it. The kids
have electric 1/16 traxxas cars so we run them around the yard.

The gasser will pretty much flip over backwards if I get on it too hard.
Pretty hard to start the motor by modern traxxas standards. Have to get the
carb set just right. Turns 18k rpms I think. Sounds like a weed eater but
angrier. The tires balloon out at speed providing a cvt type effect on flat
ground. It goes faster than I dare drive it. I would like to set up an FPV
camera on it.

We are also in the middle of a  balsa/paper ww1 biplane kit build and will
likely throw a low power electric rc setup on it just to say we did it. We
have a simulator so I am making the kids get competent on that so they dont
splat the thing right away.



On Tue, May 19, 2020, 5:47 PM Kevin Kraly via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

> 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 
> wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, 19 May 2020 18:37:36 -0400 Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
> >  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
> >>>  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.
> >
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Re: [MBZ] Diesel Slot Cars

2020-05-19 Thread Kevin Kraly via Mercedes 
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

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> On May 19, 2020, at 5:14 PM, Craig via Mercedes  wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 19 May 2020 18:37:36 -0400 Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
>  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
>>>  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.
> 
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Re: [MBZ] Diesel Slot Cars

2020-05-19 Thread OK Don via Mercedes 
My collection of model engines include .010, .020, .049, .15, .29, .35
in^3. The .010 is spec'd to turn over 40,000 RPMs. IIRC, the .29 is a real
spark engine, with a plug, points, coil, condenser, etc.

On Tue, May 19, 2020 at 7:14 PM Craig via Mercedes 
wrote:

> On Tue, 19 May 2020 18:37:36 -0400 Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
>  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
> > >  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.
>
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Re: [MBZ] Diesel Slot Cars

2020-05-19 Thread Craig via Mercedes 
On Tue, 19 May 2020 18:37:36 -0400 Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
 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
> >  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.

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Re: [MBZ] Diesel Slot Cars

2020-05-19 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes 
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
Sent from iPhone

> On May 19, 2020, at 3:30 PM, OK Don via Mercedes  
> 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.
> 
>> On Tue, May 19, 2020 at 12:05 PM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes <
>> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>> 
>> I had some of those cars, still have them in a box somewhere.  A Cox
>> Chapparal and some sort of Sprite Indy car I got for bottle caps from
>> Sprite soda (I force fed the stuff to my friends, my mother finally gave
>> in and took the ones I had and sent them with some money and got me the
>> car).  Might have had a coupla others, I can't remember, or built some
>> using bits from other ones.  My cousin and I used old toy cars and
>> trucks, salvaged the wheels off them and made propeller-driven cars
>> using the airplane engines, those were kinda cool, totally
>> uncontrollable though.  They had .049 glow plug engines that I guess
>> were 2 cycle diesel (compression) engines, the glow plug was only used
>> to start them. Fuel was methanol and castor oil (which burned clear and
>> hot, singed my hand many times).  There were lots of other sizes,
>> including some fairly large ones.
>> 
>> I rode my bike to the school in the neighborhood toting my kit, it had a
>> big paved playground, would pound in a nail, get about 15ft of some good
>> nylon string, the car had a harness on it, run the string between the
>> nail and the car, start it up, and it would run like hell around and
>> around until it ran out of fuel.  Noisy too.
>> 
>> My antics would piss off the old ladies who lived near the school, a
>> coupla times they came out and yelled at me and once they called the
>> cops.  A cop came and took great interest in my activity, was asking all
>> kinds of questions, said he would deal with the old lady, keep having
>> fun.  My dad told me to ignore them too.  Yay me.
>> 
>> I had airplanes too, they never flew that well, and I would get dizzy
>> flying them on the control line.
>> 
>> I always wore a suit and tie while running the cars, I was quite propuh...
>> 
>> -_FT
>> 
>>> On 5/19/20 12:30 PM, OK Don via Mercedes wrote:
>>> There were both glow-plug engines and true Diesel engines, though the
>>> Diesels were not as common. IIRC, they ran on ether and castor oil.
>>> 
>>> On Tue, May 19, 2020 at 6:59 AM Jim Cathey via Mercedes <
>>> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>>> 
 We always called those glow-plug engines.  My brother was into this
>> stuff.
 Not that many years ago he had an RC racer he was running around at one
 of our family gatherings.  Hearing that engine wind out to 30,000 RPM
>> and
 beyond was hair-raising.  That thing was _fast_!
 
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Re: [MBZ] Diesel Slot Cars

2020-05-19 Thread OK Don via Mercedes 
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.

On Tue, May 19, 2020 at 12:05 PM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

> I had some of those cars, still have them in a box somewhere.  A Cox
> Chapparal and some sort of Sprite Indy car I got for bottle caps from
> Sprite soda (I force fed the stuff to my friends, my mother finally gave
> in and took the ones I had and sent them with some money and got me the
> car).  Might have had a coupla others, I can't remember, or built some
> using bits from other ones.  My cousin and I used old toy cars and
> trucks, salvaged the wheels off them and made propeller-driven cars
> using the airplane engines, those were kinda cool, totally
> uncontrollable though.  They had .049 glow plug engines that I guess
> were 2 cycle diesel (compression) engines, the glow plug was only used
> to start them. Fuel was methanol and castor oil (which burned clear and
> hot, singed my hand many times).  There were lots of other sizes,
> including some fairly large ones.
>
> I rode my bike to the school in the neighborhood toting my kit, it had a
> big paved playground, would pound in a nail, get about 15ft of some good
> nylon string, the car had a harness on it, run the string between the
> nail and the car, start it up, and it would run like hell around and
> around until it ran out of fuel.  Noisy too.
>
> My antics would piss off the old ladies who lived near the school, a
> coupla times they came out and yelled at me and once they called the
> cops.  A cop came and took great interest in my activity, was asking all
> kinds of questions, said he would deal with the old lady, keep having
> fun.  My dad told me to ignore them too.  Yay me.
>
> I had airplanes too, they never flew that well, and I would get dizzy
> flying them on the control line.
>
> I always wore a suit and tie while running the cars, I was quite propuh...
>
> -_FT
>
> On 5/19/20 12:30 PM, OK Don via Mercedes wrote:
> > There were both glow-plug engines and true Diesel engines, though the
> > Diesels were not as common. IIRC, they ran on ether and castor oil.
> >
> > On Tue, May 19, 2020 at 6:59 AM Jim Cathey via Mercedes <
> > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> >
> >> We always called those glow-plug engines.  My brother was into this
> stuff.
> >> Not that many years ago he had an RC racer he was running around at one
> >> of our family gatherings.  Hearing that engine wind out to 30,000 RPM
> and
> >> beyond was hair-raising.  That thing was _fast_!
> >>
> >> -- Jim
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Re: [MBZ] Diesel Slot Cars

2020-05-19 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes 
We had a couple of the Chapparals that we ran in straight line runs, too. You 
set up the lines in a “Y” with the top of the “Y” at the end to act as a brake 
or catch. Would run them side by side. We had a blacktop driveway that was a 
half court basketball court in front of a three car garage, plenty of room, but 
not terribly flat. When we ran them in circles like you describe they would 
bounce around and often turn over.

It was still fun, though. I remember the “fork” connector on the 6V battery for 
the glow plugs.

I had a PT-19 plane that was held together with rubber bands. Auger in, flies 
apart, a couple minutes and some new rubber bands and you’re back in the air. 
Fun!

-D

> On May 19, 2020, at 1:04 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes 
>  wrote:
> 
> I had some of those cars, still have them in a box somewhere.  A Cox 
> Chapparal and some sort of Sprite Indy car I got for bottle caps from Sprite 
> soda (I force fed the stuff to my friends, my mother finally gave in and took 
> the ones I had and sent them with some money and got me the car).  Might have 
> had a coupla others, I can't remember, or built some using bits from other 
> ones.  My cousin and I used old toy cars and trucks, salvaged the wheels off 
> them and made propeller-driven cars using the airplane engines, those were 
> kinda cool, totally uncontrollable though.  They had .049 glow plug engines 
> that I guess were 2 cycle diesel (compression) engines, the glow plug was 
> only used to start them. Fuel was methanol and castor oil (which burned clear 
> and hot, singed my hand many times).  There were lots of other sizes, 
> including some fairly large ones.
> 
> I rode my bike to the school in the neighborhood toting my kit, it had a big 
> paved playground, would pound in a nail, get about 15ft of some good nylon 
> string, the car had a harness on it, run the string between the nail and the 
> car, start it up, and it would run like hell around and around until it ran 
> out of fuel.  Noisy too.
> 
> My antics would piss off the old ladies who lived near the school, a coupla 
> times they came out and yelled at me and once they called the cops.  A cop 
> came and took great interest in my activity, was asking all kinds of 
> questions, said he would deal with the old lady, keep having fun.  My dad 
> told me to ignore them too.  Yay me.
> 
> I had airplanes too, they never flew that well, and I would get dizzy flying 
> them on the control line.
> 
> I always wore a suit and tie while running the cars, I was quite propuh...
> 
> -_FT
> 
> On 5/19/20 12:30 PM, OK Don via Mercedes wrote:
>> There were both glow-plug engines and true Diesel engines, though the
>> Diesels were not as common. IIRC, they ran on ether and castor oil.
>> 
>> On Tue, May 19, 2020 at 6:59 AM Jim Cathey via Mercedes <
>> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> We always called those glow-plug engines.  My brother was into this stuff.
>>> Not that many years ago he had an RC racer he was running around at one
>>> of our family gatherings.  Hearing that engine wind out to 30,000 RPM and
>>> beyond was hair-raising.  That thing was _fast_!
>>> 
>>> -- Jim
>>> 
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Re: [MBZ] Diesel Slot Cars

2020-05-19 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes 
I had some of those cars, still have them in a box somewhere.  A Cox 
Chapparal and some sort of Sprite Indy car I got for bottle caps from 
Sprite soda (I force fed the stuff to my friends, my mother finally gave 
in and took the ones I had and sent them with some money and got me the 
car).  Might have had a coupla others, I can't remember, or built some 
using bits from other ones.  My cousin and I used old toy cars and 
trucks, salvaged the wheels off them and made propeller-driven cars 
using the airplane engines, those were kinda cool, totally 
uncontrollable though.  They had .049 glow plug engines that I guess 
were 2 cycle diesel (compression) engines, the glow plug was only used 
to start them. Fuel was methanol and castor oil (which burned clear and 
hot, singed my hand many times).  There were lots of other sizes, 
including some fairly large ones.


I rode my bike to the school in the neighborhood toting my kit, it had a 
big paved playground, would pound in a nail, get about 15ft of some good 
nylon string, the car had a harness on it, run the string between the 
nail and the car, start it up, and it would run like hell around and 
around until it ran out of fuel.  Noisy too.


My antics would piss off the old ladies who lived near the school, a 
coupla times they came out and yelled at me and once they called the 
cops.  A cop came and took great interest in my activity, was asking all 
kinds of questions, said he would deal with the old lady, keep having 
fun.  My dad told me to ignore them too.  Yay me.


I had airplanes too, they never flew that well, and I would get dizzy 
flying them on the control line.


I always wore a suit and tie while running the cars, I was quite propuh...

-_FT

On 5/19/20 12:30 PM, OK Don via Mercedes wrote:

There were both glow-plug engines and true Diesel engines, though the
Diesels were not as common. IIRC, they ran on ether and castor oil.

On Tue, May 19, 2020 at 6:59 AM Jim Cathey via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:


We always called those glow-plug engines.  My brother was into this stuff.
Not that many years ago he had an RC racer he was running around at one
of our family gatherings.  Hearing that engine wind out to 30,000 RPM and
beyond was hair-raising.  That thing was _fast_!

-- Jim


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Re: [MBZ] Diesel Slot Cars

2020-05-19 Thread OK Don via Mercedes 
There were both glow-plug engines and true Diesel engines, though the
Diesels were not as common. IIRC, they ran on ether and castor oil.

On Tue, May 19, 2020 at 6:59 AM Jim Cathey via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

> We always called those glow-plug engines.  My brother was into this stuff.
> Not that many years ago he had an RC racer he was running around at one
> of our family gatherings.  Hearing that engine wind out to 30,000 RPM and
> beyond was hair-raising.  That thing was _fast_!
>
> -- Jim
>
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Re: [MBZ] Diesel Slot Cars

2020-05-19 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes 
We always called those glow-plug engines.  My brother was into this stuff.
Not that many years ago he had an RC racer he was running around at one
of our family gatherings.  Hearing that engine wind out to 30,000 RPM and
beyond was hair-raising.  That thing was _fast_!

-- Jim


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Re: [MBZ] Diesel Slot Cars

2020-05-18 Thread Kevin Kraly via Mercedes 
I spent a few years in the 90’s racing electric slot cars. The track owner 
developed a clicker setup mounted to the bottom motor screw. It used an 
adjustable bracket to mount a strip of thick Lexan bent at the end that made 
contact with the main drive gear. The whole setup would vibrate, and the 
opposite end of the strip would resonate against the Lexan body for even more 
noise. This allowed me to distinguish the sound of my car from the others. 
After a race or two, the worn part of the strip could be trimmed off, 
readjusted and re-bent to click loudly once again. It was a true work of art, 
and it made the world of slot car racing accessible to me!
Kevin in Hillsboro, OR
2019 Sprinter 12 passenger 144WB 825 miles, Low Mileage Lutgard
1982 240D, High Mileage Hildegard still in the shop!

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> On May 18, 2020, at 5:55 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes  
> wrote:
> 
> Smoky, but fun!
> 
> https://www.thedrive.com/news/33536/slot-cars-used-to-have-tiny-diesel-engines-that-could-hit-60-mph
>  
> 
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[MBZ] Diesel Slot Cars

2020-05-18 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes 
Smoky, but fun!

https://www.thedrive.com/news/33536/slot-cars-used-to-have-tiny-diesel-engines-that-could-hit-60-mph
 


-D
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