"Against all Odds" Rodd-E-Liminator vids

getback wrote:I would like to see some those Hiking pics if you got some /time , something i will never bee able to do . Hey roddie Whats Up ?!

Hi Eric, The weather's looking good for today.. and I plan on running the tether-car. Stay-tuned..

Cool Beans !! Hope she flys

This is a video on Youtube where a guy glues some 1/12 tyres. He takes his time to explain.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hm7z1rz-74s&t=460s

OVERLORD wrote:This is a video on Youtube where a guy glues some 1/12 tyres. He takes his time to explain.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hm7z1rz-74s&t=460s

Thank you Lieven. I enjoyed that vid.. and I know that I will recall the technique, should I source any foam tires that are the width of my "Phatt-Tire" wheel arrangement. In metric terms.. that is 25mm (width) x 35mm (wheel dia.) x? 6-7mm tread thickness? About the same thickness as the ones you sent me.

I will re-mount the "pair" of foam tires that you sent me.. using CA. I only have "thin" and "gel" grades. I'm assuming that the "gel" might be a slower-bonding glue?

I had previously mounted your tires onto "one" of my 13mm width x 35mm PVC wheels using only double-sided film-tape. I wanted to try a "non-destructive" mounting method.. which resulted in an immediate-failure.. and temporarily loosing one of the tires..

I will CA-mount the pair onto that wheel today.. and have the assembly on "standby-status". It's a quick and secure wheel-swap since I sourced the 5-40 threaded black-oxide cap-screws. A 3/32" hex-key/Allen-wrench tightens the wheel securely.

Here's a few vids. You might want to put a pot of coffee on though..  







Orange "safety-bucket" in our cul-de-sac while setting-up..



The "pit"..




The "carnage"..

Bravo! Good show. Never give up! You are tremendously talented in design and development of the Roddie Eliminator.  I didn’t brew any coffee, cause if I did I’d be up all night at this point. Very well done videos, and you did get some laps completed,Yea!
I think the higher RPM the engine needs to operate at is creating centrifugal force that streches the rubber off the alum rim. As you noticed the rubber is quickly worn down to a slick. Did you ever watch a nitro dragster start a 1/4 mile run? The rear wheels spin and the slicks get taller and skinner. If I remember correctly back then the racers would use Sheetmetal screws thru the wheel rim into the bead of the tire to help keep it on the rim. I also think that the older teather car racers used a two part “clam shell” type of aluminum rim that sorta “clamps” the rubber tire between the rim halves to help prevent this from happening at high RPMs. Cox on the other hand uses plastic gears and or worm gear drives to convert the high Rpm motor to lower Rpm for the drive wheel(s). I up’d my 2cents to a full Nickel!!

Well, you won’t win any speed records, but I am really glad you saw it through! Good job Man!

I bet that old 25% nitro is more like 5% now might be why it was lacking a little performance and hard to start? Who knows.

Good stuff Roddie, thanks for raking the time to share that with us!

Now the Rare Bear!

I agree with the above friends , But still success in my eyes , On to the speed race !!!