The 1/8th scale cars have engines of 3.49 cc. Output is about 2.75 horsepower at 32,000 rpm. The 1/10th scale cars have engines of about 2 cc.
Paul via phone > On Aug 29, 2016, at 7:49 PM, Paul <[email protected]> wrote: > > Classy R/C models. What engine displacement were they using? > > -p > > >> On 8/29/2016 4:29 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: >> Shot an on-roadl radio control scale auto race for fuel burning cars >> yesterday. Mostly just to provide some pics for my old pals, but also for >> the practice it provides. It’s far more difficult than shooting real >> motorsports, as the cars are incredibly fast and not very big. The fastest, >> the 1/8th scale cars, are about 15 inches long and can accelerate to 60 in 2 >> seconds from a standing start. They top out at about 80 mph at the end of >> the straightaway. I shot most of it at a 1/8000th shutter speed and >> concentrated on getting something in frame and focused. I used continuous >> autofocus and it worked when I framed the shots right. I tried a couple of >> slower shutter pans and partially succeeded on one, although it’s not >> critically sharp. Hard to be smooth, moving the camera that fast. Lots of >> fun in any case. A gallery is here: >> http://photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=1093049 > > -- > Being old doesn't seem so old now that I'm old. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
