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Well i’m back with my air hogs engine along with 20 ft. of tubing and an attachment to my 225 PSI air compressor But this time I decided to put my air hogs engine to the test by building a pneumatic dragster and and racing it against another dragster powered by a high RPM technic motor. Unfortunately due to the fact that I added a clutch in, its size was drastically increased and even though it was lubricated it still fell a bit slow of my expectations. Oh well, it still won… by a default that is Specs: 6:1 gear train, lever to engage/dis-engage clutch and lets the flywheel build up enough kinetic energy to give the dragster some mean acceleration (enough acceleration to allow it to reach near maximum speed from take off), it also prevents the motor from stalling. Weighs approx. 1.5 lbs. 4000 RPM lubricated air hogs engine, modded to fit lego, runs at about 80 PSI. Still some leaks in one part of the hose that needs to be resolved. Expect more as I’m hoping to fix up a second air hogs engine… I might ditch the clutch idea until I can get some more torque from an engine.

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