Gasoline engine for 1/10 onroad?
#2
Tech Regular
there was a 1/8 scale car around a while ago, cant remember what brand it was, nothing mainstream. hpi is working on the gas powered 1/8 scale savage and buggy/truggy, but all we have seen is some teasers. im sure if it comes out you will be able to put the motor into other cars.
#3
With all the disadvantages of running gasoline as opposed to nitro fuel, I guess my question is.....why??
#4
Tech Regular
gas has some major upsides. gas doesnt soak up moisture like glow fuel, its far cheaper, and most importantly needle settings on a gas engine are almost set and forget. i havent touched the needles on my 1/5 scale touring car all year.
i honestly think gas could be the next biggest thing for 1/8 and 1/10 scale fuel powered r/c, providing its done right. i always thought os was onto something with the 4 strokes for cars. the end result is they were, but didnt execute it correctly. they required too much work to get them in the car and running correctly for most to bother with. if they had made them a bolt in replacement for small and big block engines and ran well out of the box they would have taken off. this is what hpi needs to do with the gas engines they bring out.
i honestly think gas could be the next biggest thing for 1/8 and 1/10 scale fuel powered r/c, providing its done right. i always thought os was onto something with the 4 strokes for cars. the end result is they were, but didnt execute it correctly. they required too much work to get them in the car and running correctly for most to bother with. if they had made them a bolt in replacement for small and big block engines and ran well out of the box they would have taken off. this is what hpi needs to do with the gas engines they bring out.
#5
gas has some major upsides. gas doesnt soak up moisture like glow fuel, its far cheaper, and most importantly needle settings on a gas engine are almost set and forget. i havent touched the needles on my 1/5 scale touring car all year.
i honestly think gas could be the next biggest thing for 1/8 and 1/10 scale fuel powered r/c, providing its done right. i always thought os was onto something with the 4 strokes for cars. the end result is they were, but didnt execute it correctly. they required too much work to get them in the car and running correctly for most to bother with. if they had made them a bolt in replacement for small and big block engines and ran well out of the box they would have taken off. this is what hpi needs to do with the gas engines they bring out.
i honestly think gas could be the next biggest thing for 1/8 and 1/10 scale fuel powered r/c, providing its done right. i always thought os was onto something with the 4 strokes for cars. the end result is they were, but didnt execute it correctly. they required too much work to get them in the car and running correctly for most to bother with. if they had made them a bolt in replacement for small and big block engines and ran well out of the box they would have taken off. this is what hpi needs to do with the gas engines they bring out.
#6
There is no way you can compare an engine with a 10 times smaller version.
Regarding moisturein nitro fuel, that is just a matter of where you do store it.
#7
#8
Tech Regular
nitro is is finickey no matter what scale you run it at, and methanol alcohol is even worse. ive worked with both quite a bit on full scale, both working on a nostalgia nitro funny car and multiple different blown alcohol applications. it is in part to do with the low stoichiometric ratio (the ratio of oxygen to fuel where you have a perfect burn). methanol is 6.4:1 oxygen to fuel, nitro is 1.7. with both alcohol and nitro you have narrow air/fuel window where power will be ideal. on the flip side, gasoline has a stoich air/fuel ratio of 14.7:1, and best power is made around 12.8:1. gas has a wide tuning window because of this and is less suceptable to changed in weather conditions.
i honestly cant comment on how it really will work going to 1/10 scale gas. however ive seen go-peds running zenoah based motors on alcohol and around 40% nitro. they are both very finickey and take lots of playing around to get just right. meanwhile, the gas ones are almost set and forget.
everyone seems so quick to shoot down an idea that could change this hobby forever. the nitro world is shrinking, and a gas engine could (not saying for sure that it will) offer easier tuning, cheaper fuel, longer run times, and possibly less noise (depends on the exhaust system), this could really be what the hobby needs to get the fuel powered stuff back on top.
and here is the car i was thinking of http://www.mecoa.com/compagnucci/index.htm
i honestly cant comment on how it really will work going to 1/10 scale gas. however ive seen go-peds running zenoah based motors on alcohol and around 40% nitro. they are both very finickey and take lots of playing around to get just right. meanwhile, the gas ones are almost set and forget.
everyone seems so quick to shoot down an idea that could change this hobby forever. the nitro world is shrinking, and a gas engine could (not saying for sure that it will) offer easier tuning, cheaper fuel, longer run times, and possibly less noise (depends on the exhaust system), this could really be what the hobby needs to get the fuel powered stuff back on top.
and here is the car i was thinking of http://www.mecoa.com/compagnucci/index.htm
#9
nitro is is finickey no matter what scale you run it at, and methanol alcohol is even worse. ive worked with both quite a bit on full scale, both working on a nostalgia nitro funny car and multiple different blown alcohol applications. it is in part to do with the low stoichiometric ratio (the ratio of oxygen to fuel where you have a perfect burn). methanol is 6.4:1 oxygen to fuel, nitro is 1.7. with both alcohol and nitro you have narrow air/fuel window where power will be ideal. on the flip side, gasoline has a stoich air/fuel ratio of 14.7:1, and best power is made around 12.8:1. gas has a wide tuning window because of this and is less suceptable to changed in weather conditions.
i honestly cant comment on how it really will work going to 1/10 scale gas. however ive seen go-peds running zenoah based motors on alcohol and around 40% nitro. they are both very finickey and take lots of playing around to get just right. meanwhile, the gas ones are almost set and forget.
everyone seems so quick to shoot down an idea that could change this hobby forever. the nitro world is shrinking, and a gas engine could (not saying for sure that it will) offer easier tuning, cheaper fuel, longer run times, and possibly less noise (depends on the exhaust system), this could really be what the hobby needs to get the fuel powered stuff back on top.
and here is the car i was thinking of http://www.mecoa.com/compagnucci/index.htm
i honestly cant comment on how it really will work going to 1/10 scale gas. however ive seen go-peds running zenoah based motors on alcohol and around 40% nitro. they are both very finickey and take lots of playing around to get just right. meanwhile, the gas ones are almost set and forget.
everyone seems so quick to shoot down an idea that could change this hobby forever. the nitro world is shrinking, and a gas engine could (not saying for sure that it will) offer easier tuning, cheaper fuel, longer run times, and possibly less noise (depends on the exhaust system), this could really be what the hobby needs to get the fuel powered stuff back on top.
and here is the car i was thinking of http://www.mecoa.com/compagnucci/index.htm
It's not the nitro thats making the "GAS" cars less appealing, it's battery technology, electronic speed controllers and brushless motors making the EP cars more appealing. Where power and speed, run time was only an option in "gas", electric cars are now as fast, run for longer, more reliable and less maintenance.
Finicky indeed, and in most part due to scale, a cheap .12cubic inch nitro can be a little mongrel to tune, in recent times the price has dropped considerably and and if you hunt around for bargains you can get an older model NovaRossi 353 for less than $300US. They can be reliable and last a few years if cared for with a conrod change or two. In all honesty, these engines need little more than 1/4 turn richer or leaner at most depending on air temp and atmospheric conditions to operate at their optimum.
Yes, many of us have at some point in time looked to 1:5 on-road with envy as they fill it with two stroke, pullstart it and GO!! That's why many people love their Bajas.
On a less serious note, 1:10 engines have taught me how to race tune my whipper snipper and my wife thinks thats the most usefull outcome of us playing with toy cars. For me, nothing beats the smell of Nitro / Castor fuel, love the sound of a 1:10 scale on the pipe screaming at 40,000
#11
Tech Regular
i actually do agree with you. ive been in the hobby for almost 13 years now, ive never had problems with nitro engines, however i wasnt your average guy starting off in the hobby, i had a lot of experience with cars and engines. in my first years racing i had an hpi/novarossi .12 in a nitro rs4 2, the engine ran solid and i never thought about it, i was always working to make the car work better. i turned the car into a serious contender, but by that time nobody could look at it and tell you it was an rs4.
nitro really isnt that bad, all us nitro guys know that. however the new guys coming into the hobby asking for input all get turned away by getting told its hard to tune a nitro engine, its messy, loud, and fuel is expensive. so they look at the alternative and find they can go just as fast without all that. but what if there was an offering of gasoline r/c cars in the same price and size range as electric and nitro? again, i know there could be a big difference between 1/5 and 1/10 scale, however $2 of fuel lasting a whole day, 30 minutes run time on one tank, not having to think about tuning much, likely quieter, and (at least i find in 1/5) almost no oily mess. think that would grab peoples attention a little bit? no, its not going to take over and replace nitro, however, i think it will help bring people back into the fuel powered scene and they may work their way over to nitro.
nitro really isnt that bad, all us nitro guys know that. however the new guys coming into the hobby asking for input all get turned away by getting told its hard to tune a nitro engine, its messy, loud, and fuel is expensive. so they look at the alternative and find they can go just as fast without all that. but what if there was an offering of gasoline r/c cars in the same price and size range as electric and nitro? again, i know there could be a big difference between 1/5 and 1/10 scale, however $2 of fuel lasting a whole day, 30 minutes run time on one tank, not having to think about tuning much, likely quieter, and (at least i find in 1/5) almost no oily mess. think that would grab peoples attention a little bit? no, its not going to take over and replace nitro, however, i think it will help bring people back into the fuel powered scene and they may work their way over to nitro.
#12
The 1/8 gas car from about 10 years ago was called Campanucci or something close to that. However, it did not perform very well.
#13
Sharkey...
These are "the bomb"
http://www.autoblog.com/2012/08/02/o...iscus-retriev/
4WD 1/4 Scale Minis... fabulous to watch, cheaper and they handle and look great on track.
Problem is you need a track big enough to run them. fortunately we have them at our track and if there was another class I'd like to try, this would be it.
These are "the bomb"
http://www.autoblog.com/2012/08/02/o...iscus-retriev/
4WD 1/4 Scale Minis... fabulous to watch, cheaper and they handle and look great on track.
Problem is you need a track big enough to run them. fortunately we have them at our track and if there was another class I'd like to try, this would be it.
#14
Tech Regular
electric 1/5 scales have no soul. with an onroad, by the time the tires are getting warmed up and the car is starting to stick well and able to use the power, the cutoff kicks in and its time for fresh batteries. you really cant beat a gas motor in a large scale. the motor i ported is a bit of a fuel pig, i still get around 45 minutes to a tank on the medium sized track i set up.
#15
electric 1/5 scales have no soul. with an onroad, by the time the tires are getting warmed up and the car is starting to stick well and able to use the power, the cutoff kicks in and its time for fresh batteries. you really cant beat a gas motor in a large scale. the motor i ported is a bit of a fuel pig, i still get around 45 minutes to a tank on the medium sized track i set up.