by Audi1 » Tue May 31, 2016 6:59 pm
Chris (chrisguyw) clarified an issue that several of you could face in building out an open wheel car for this race that goes back into the '75-'95 timeframe and that is that a lot of those cars, like Retro Racer 44 refers to, have S-can (FC-130) motors in them; not FF-050 slim cans.
So, in order to make this work for those who want to run the older Scalextric, Fly, Ninco or SCX open wheel cars, we'll need to add an S-can motor to the FF-050 motor. I think that the best way to go would be to go to the Ninco NC1 -motor, which has the following specs vs. the M/T SL-1 slim can:
M/T SL-1 (FF-0050) 13,600 rpm, 74g-cm torque, 2.6 W power
Ninco NC-1 (FF-130) 13,500 rpm, 77 g-cm torque, 2.6 W power (note: the rpm rating on the Ninco NC-1 motor is 15,700 at 14.8 V; at 12V it has been measured at 13,500)
If the NC-1 turns out to be a problem, then we can look at another S-can motor; perhaps the M/T-1; although that one rates 14,000 rpm, 96 g-cm torque and 3.2 W power.
I understand that those open wheel cars that have long can motors (FF-180) can be made to work with S-can motors using an available adapter.
I'll ask Chris to add info on this topic; as I may not have stated the issue and the potential solutions incorrectly.
Allan