Re: [MBZ] Diesel Slot Cars

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”

Re: [MBZ] Diesel Slot Cars

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

Re: [MBZ] Diesel Slot Cars

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 OSM

Re: [MBZ] Diesel Slot Cars

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

Re: [MBZ] Diesel Slot Cars

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 -040

Re: [MBZ] Diesel Slot Cars

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

Re: [MBZ] Diesel Slot Cars

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

Re: [MBZ] Diesel Slot Cars

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@okieb

Re: [MBZ] Diesel Slot Cars

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, pl

Re: [MBZ] Diesel Slot Cars

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).  Migh

Re: [MBZ] Diesel Slot Cars

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 s

Re: [MBZ] Diesel Slot Cars

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 ___

Re: [MBZ] Diesel Slot Cars

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

[MBZ] Diesel Slot Cars

Smoky, but fun! https://www.thedrive.com/news/33536/slot-cars-used-to-have-tiny-diesel-engines-that-could-hit-60-mph -D ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To sear