Triple engine!?!?!?

[Hunter]

Impressive!

But I can't help but ask...Why?

Why ask why?

Looks cool to me just goes to show some people have lots of free time and $$$

 

[El Pirata]

Thats just freakin nuts. WOW

Glad I was not the only one thinking that.

 

[olds97_lss]

With the stuff you have put together I'm surprised you didn't ask "Why not 4?"

 

[vbgagnon]

yeah you could do a true 4wd. one engine for each wheel! That would be prob the coolest thing i've ever seen.

 

[suppaduppa]

I Like that idea with once engine per wheel.

 

[El Pirata]

One engine per wheel is not a new idea, well possibly for rc's. I remember back in my early years in the Army I used to drive a LARC LX and it used a Detroit 671 per wheel.

 

[PiErow]

Its was an artical in rc car action. He starts one and then the started one acts like a startewr box to start the other 2. I t tops out at 200 mph. It is custom built all the way and yes it says the truck is not a shelf truck. Thats all i can remember without the magizine right infront of me.

 

[vbgagnon]

200mph? that sounds kindof unlikely.

 

[Rolex]

I don't think one engine for each wheel would work out on an R/C truck. It would be almost impossible to get all 4 to run at the same RPM. The truck would tend to pull in one direction depending on which engine was turning the fastest. I'm sure it's much more effective in a 1:1 military vehicle.
That would probably have some type of auto trans or torque converters that can be syncronized.

 

[PiErow]

Ask olds he has the artical to.

 

[vbgagnon]

i wasn't questioning you, I'm just saying that its kinda unlikely that that thing can go 200mph.

 

[El Pirata]

I don't think one engine for each wheel would work out on an R/C truck. It would be almost impossible to get all 4 to run at the same RPM. The truck would tend to pull in one direction depending on which engine was turning the fastest. I'm sure it's much more effective in a 1:1 military vehicle.
That would probably have some type of auto trans or torque converters that can be syncronized.

Woah, I never said it was effective in a military vehicle! This was large piece of turd military 60' truck part piece of turd 60' military boat.

 

[Rolex]

LOL, EP. Not effective, eh?
I thought it might have been since it was probably a slow speed vehicle. Even a nitro version would be good at slow speed rock crawling, but all over the place at high speed.

 

[suppaduppa]

Bigmaxx2.5 has some wicked shots of his twin engine maxx in his gallery.