We geared this one really fast, so fast it caught on fire!

[Travis Covington]

Before:

[Bill Gold]

Travis is hella crazy... Can't wait to see it in person, man

[Billfred]

That's hot.

(I'm sorry, I really couldn't resist the pun.)

But definitely amazing work.

[JVN]

Trav,
Thanks for the new desktop background.
No joke, it looks sweet!

Got any higher resolution ones?

-JV

[team222badbrad]

Did someone dump Radio control Nitro fuel on those?

It sure looks kinda like it.

Do not attempt to burn Radio control nitro fuel at home kids.....
Or if you do not have a lot of money
I would be playing with my rc stuff everyday if the fuel didnt cost 22+ a gallon!

Or is this just photoshopped?

[Andy Baker]

Oooopaa!


Nice work, 968, as usual.

Andy B.

[Zippiot]

i found a bottle of the nitromethane methanol mix on the street one day, we made rockets out of 2 liter bottles, but my dad took it away when i got oil all over the sidewalk (these things are like 13% motor oil i believe). but that stuff burned light yellow (butterscotch), very different from their fire. we also caught our grease on fire but it was mostly smoke, our gearbox (the one that first provided) has a few pieces rubbing together which causes it to smoke a lot, does anyone else have the problem?

[Andy A.]

Now thats what I call heat treating!

-Andy A.

[Kirk]

These are very real. I was there when the pictures were being taken. Its amazing what kind of trouble 4 college students can get into when its late at night when theres no one else around. BTW, it was 95% denatured alcohol not nitro methane or anything expensive like that.

~Kirk

[Travis Covington]

I must add that this was all done in a controlled area with adult supervision. I do not reccomend anyone attempting this without permission or supervision from your adult leaders/mentors etc.

[Daniel Brim]

Now would these gears be a part of the gearbox for team 229's flattened FP? *Sigh* College mentors

-Daniel

[Greg Ross]

Originally Posted by Kirk

BTW, it was 95% denatured alcohol

That's what I thought. And I was about to post that until I took a second look at the picture, and noticed the yellow flames, and started doubting myself.

[Greg Perkins]

when i first looked at the picture i thought, oh they are just sintering their gears from the powder mettalurgy state. but then i saw the gears had allready been machined!! so i had to check that off my list of possibilities, and then i figured ok, they are just heat treating them, again, NO! i was quite frusterated that i couldnt come up with the answer, that i just had to scroll down and read the rest of the posts im dumb. Man i would've loved to been there to see that! thats awesome, and really good pic too!

btw, thats a heck of a lot of gears...

[Gasperini]

Just wait till we get the wiring done. We're lighting that on fire as well.

[Wayne Doenges]

Very cool, or is very hot. I'm so confused

Do not attempt to burn Radio control nitro fuel at home kids.....
Or if you do not have a lot of money
I would be playing with my rc stuff everyday if the fuel didnt cost 22+ a gallon!

BTW, I fly gassers. I buy the good stuff at $2.10 a gallon Add a little Klotz (tm) to it, because it's a two stroke, and I'm ready to go.

Wayne Doenges
CAD Mentor