Project status: Active, reopened 26/10/2009

As the title suggests.... I had some general RC parts lying around, a ducted fan with motor, speed controller, servos and some radio gear. So I strapped them all together, literarily! The first iteration of what is now Jet Car was created in July 2008; the vehicle platform was an RC toy land rover, not any sort of serious RC car. As you can see in the images below it was an odd fit, the whole structure was very imbalanced, a high CG made it prone to topple and a lack of suspension and tiny wheels also made it topple. I then left it for a few months as I knew I could not go on with such a bad car base, so when I came across an old Mardave racing RC chassis on the internet I bought it. The newer configuration is much better and more stable than the older one; the next task is to do some outdoor runs to test its speed.  

Jet Car has been reopened and made into a fully fledged project (as opposed to a sideline) on HUSSTECH because there are plans to add a variable nozzle to the ducted fan unit.

Specification

-Mardave chassis
-500W Brushless Motor
-ELF hobby 30A ESC
-Walkera 0701 and 701 radio gear

Images

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