The Fan Van !
HO Scale t-jet modified slot car powered only by the force of the wind. Uses a t-jet chassis and a SRT motor with prop attached. This car is crazy fun to drive and a blast to race !
After posting his creation on Hobby Talk the creator of the Fan Van received a ton of fan fare for his fun little machine now other versions of his Fan Van are showing up.
Here is the rundown on the Fan Van from the creator !
I'm running 18 volts on mine.
Basically what I have is a t-jet chassis and the chassis tub is a stock t-jet, but I did glue some cheap-o RadioShack neo magnets to the bottom to help keep it from tipping over. I soldered a threaded stud to the side of the can motor and then nutted the motor/stud to the t-jet gear plate at the rear cluster gear hole. And the gear plate holds to the motor with a screw going thru the armature hole and into the chassis. My latest modification has this being a thru bolt and a hex nut at the bottom -- An 0-80 x 7/16 screw works good here
At the bottom of the gear plate I have screwed in a couple of tiny brass wood screws. The screw heads stick way down and engage the motor brush springs in the chassis. Wires are soldered to the brass screws and to the motor to deliver power to the motor.
So basically, I can take the gear plate / motor / prop assembly off of the car that it is on by loosening the screw/nut, and stick it onto a totally different t-jet rolling chassis in about a minute and have a running fan car.
I liked doing it this way because I had a really nice t-jet chassis but it had the com springs all mangled. Perfect for this application though!
By the way, this is not my first design fan car. It's actually my 3rd one. I made the first one about 30 years ago as a teenager (I still have it and it still 'sort of' works) and then I made the second one about a year ago after getting back into slots. Both of the older designs do work but nowhere near as good as this latest design does. But that's a subject for another post.
Ron.
After posting his creation on Hobby Talk the creator of the Fan Van received a ton of fan fare for his fun little machine now other versions of his Fan Van are showing up.
Here is the rundown on the Fan Van from the creator !
I'm running 18 volts on mine.
Basically what I have is a t-jet chassis and the chassis tub is a stock t-jet, but I did glue some cheap-o RadioShack neo magnets to the bottom to help keep it from tipping over. I soldered a threaded stud to the side of the can motor and then nutted the motor/stud to the t-jet gear plate at the rear cluster gear hole. And the gear plate holds to the motor with a screw going thru the armature hole and into the chassis. My latest modification has this being a thru bolt and a hex nut at the bottom -- An 0-80 x 7/16 screw works good here
At the bottom of the gear plate I have screwed in a couple of tiny brass wood screws. The screw heads stick way down and engage the motor brush springs in the chassis. Wires are soldered to the brass screws and to the motor to deliver power to the motor.
So basically, I can take the gear plate / motor / prop assembly off of the car that it is on by loosening the screw/nut, and stick it onto a totally different t-jet rolling chassis in about a minute and have a running fan car.
I liked doing it this way because I had a really nice t-jet chassis but it had the com springs all mangled. Perfect for this application though!
By the way, this is not my first design fan car. It's actually my 3rd one. I made the first one about 30 years ago as a teenager (I still have it and it still 'sort of' works) and then I made the second one about a year ago after getting back into slots. Both of the older designs do work but nowhere near as good as this latest design does. But that's a subject for another post.
Ron.
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