LOonY

What is the fastest electric mod. motor? How many MPH can it reach?

A friend of mines has a Trinity D5 8 turn double - it can reach speeds around 40ish MPH.

Brian McGreevy

iTrader: (10)

That depends on a lot of things, winds, gearing, free drivetrain..possibly body if you're going really fast.

Ian S

I think the fastest with a normal mod was 96mph in a TC3 with many a cell (24 i think) they destroyed lots of motors in the process but had mike reedy on hand to wind some more.

Brian McGreevy

iTrader: (10)

96 mph in a tc3, 8 turn custom wound motor (and neodyn mags) with 14 cells.

RC Paperboy

I wonder, could you use some sort of capacitor to boost voltage, to make a speed run car?

-CriMinaL- |RC

Hey

loony and 8x2 motor should be going quicker than 40mph ..

Paperboy u mean capacitor as in the ones used on novak cyclones?

RC Paperboy

Yes, like on the cyclone, only larger.

schumacher

you could use a cap, but two problems arise, you'd need some way of switching it on probably a relay if you want to do it near terminal velocity

and also the size and length of time you get the power for is fairly short.

sanj

LOonY

- Criminal - Over 40 really? hmmm.. I guess we need to shot the radar at it again.
Thanks

Brian McGreevy

iTrader: (10)

Ya cuz at TCHR i heard they were getting their cars up to around 45 mph down the straight (8 turns), and that's a 115 ft straight. Gear it taller and i bet you could get 50.

howard hudson

it was around 3 maybe 4 years ago at the insane speed run in domingez hills calif . Cliff from ASSCOCIATED ran his electric car at 100mph

-CriMinaL- |RC

yeah ..

i dont know the exact mph / km/h conversion .. but i know 10x2 can do 85 - 90 km/h. thats with pretty tall gearing

Randy Caster

iTrader: (47)

Trinity used to make cobalt motors, dont think they still do, but it would be worth a shot. I think that was back in 95 that I saw those though...

NTC3NUT

Do a search on Ebay for "D5" under electric remote control cars. You'll get auctions from a guy that winds custom drag motors with Neo magnets. Be prepared to pay for them.