How does a model diesel engine work?
Model diesel engines are instead a carbureted two-stroke using the crankcase for charge-air compression. The carburetor supplies a mixture of fuel and air into the engine, with the proportions kept fairly constant and their total volume throttled to control the engine power.
How does an RC diesel engine work?
RC engines are compression ignition, like diesel engines. The engine does not have a spark plug to ignite the fuel at a specific time the fuel simply ignites when it has been crushed or compressed to a specific point. The actually ignition timing is therefore controlled by compression ratio and glow plug temperature.
What is ZZPS horsepower?
Built by ZZP Performance, the 1.4-liter, inline four-cylinder Ecotec powerplant under the hood makes nearly 400 horsepower at the wheels, and is able to propel the Sonic down the quarter-mile stretch in 11-seconds.
Why are diesel engines not used in aircraft?
Diesel is fairly unstable when exposed to variations in temperature. As planes fly higher they are exposed to temperatures going upto -60°C and the fuel gets real cold. As you should know diesel forms a sticky, gel like substance when cooled.
Can you Carburate a diesel engine?
Diesel engines are also IC engines. However, in Diesel engines, there is no carburetor. Only air is compressed to much higher pressures and the fuel is injected into the compressed air. Diesel engines are classified based on fuel injection, direct injection (DI), and indirect injection (IDI).
Why are diesel engines heavier?
Now, in an internal combustion engine the compression ratio is directly related to the amount of power created; therefore in similar sized engines, the diesel is creating much more power than the gas engine. Consequently, the diesel engine is heavier than a similarly sized gasoline engine.
How an RC engine works?
Most engines in RC cars today are 2 stroke engines, which means that it takes 2 strokes of the piston (one revolution) to complete the engine cycle. As the piston travels upward the mixture is compressed which causes the fuel/air mixture to ignite, producing hot gas under pressure to force the piston down.
What fuel do RC cars use?
nitro fuel
RC glow engines use nitro fuel, a methanol-based fuel with nitromethane and oil added. The amount of nitromethane in the fuel is typically about 20% but could be anywhere in the 10% to 40% range or higher. Castor oil or synthetic oil is added to the fuel to provide lubrication and cooling.