Making a CLUTCH System for the 1/5 RC V8 CAR! 

this mans talent is on another level. wish i could do this

Man. I've been mesmerized by your videos for years. Imo, I would LOVE to see maybe a time-lapse timer along side the machining of all these parts. To someone who understands how much work that is, it's understood. But for most, including myself, I've never had the chance to mess around with machining, and I ALWAYS wonder how long it actually takes without the magic of editing. As always, keep up the amazing work brother!!

You should put grooves in the clutch housing and put some grooves on the clutches it’ll help with grip an anti-slip

This is the Johnny I subscribed to all those years ago, more projects like this please rather than all those unboxing videos of other peoples engines. You’ve got the skills to make your own engine! How about a V12!?

I like the way he says “making a clutch” like it’s as easy a peeling a banana. Amazing skills sir. Hats off to you.

YES! This is on the right track! Stunning my brother thanks for your hard work!❤

Man, I'm very addicted with cars and ur creations are amazing!

Thanks Johnny. Nice lathe work. 👍🏻

Always exciting to see progress on this beast of a model car!

Awesome project 🎉 you are the best ! Looking forward to see this beast riding on the road

You do some incredible work!!!!

This is just GREAT! Thanks for sharing the video!

Wow increadible works.....i hope you will continue with adding low gear and 4x4 for rock crawling making the first proper ICE rock crawling RC.

Lil V8 sounds great with that muffler. Love the bass rumble at idle.

Amazing machining skills

Nice work as always. Making shoes might be a little time consuming maybe for my 2 cents worth friction material in the bell and cross hatching on the shoes but I’m sure you have a plan already.. Keep up the great work

IT IS A GREAT JOB MAN, SONBGRANDIODOS ENGINES YOU HAVE BUT THE ONE I LIKED THE MOST IS THE ROTARY ENGINE OF DOR ROTORS THAT AS CREAD

Nice work once again. I have been drawing up a miniature Lenco with billet case and hardened planetary gears. Reverse is tricky.

This is going to be epic. Just the sound is freakin awesome, I bet it's nothing like hearing and feeling the power in person. Well done sir, you make this stuff look easy and I have no clue where to start if I attempted this lol. But you make me want to do this to my nitro rc car hahah

This is meditating to watch. Also meditating to be the one building it too I’m sure. Thanks for the footage, look forward to seeing the progress.

Nice work brother

Cant wait to see what you do with the new v12

That thing sound f****ng mint. 👌🏻

Agora sim ficou bem forte 💪

Amazing how it sound like a full size V8. That music:)

This is what I call A SKILL 👍🔥

Hey Johnny! Please consider loosening those springs as it helps the shoes make better contact with the clutch and ultimately lessening the slip :)

another version of the clutch bell could be with ventilation in mind. a few holes or spaces in the front a fins on the outside could improve your clutch system a lot. give it a try :D

Epic as usual!

nice construction, the springs are a bit strorg for the alu shoes, you can also try to reverse the shoes so they grip instead of slipping. like the brakes in old drum brakes self powered. good luck.

You could design a clutch with a lockout feature? You have the skills and tools to do it. Simple as adding some sprung latches that grab teeth on the bell. Centrifugal force adding to the locking force✌️✌️✌️also add some cooling fins or holes and try carbon Composit mixed with aluminium shoes Great stuff!

I wonder if adding knurling to the shoes and the inside of the bell would aid in grab?

When I saw you revving it without the bell on my anxiety rose through the roof. Did that once with a bigger engine and clutch and the shoes went flying. Thankfully nor me or my friend were injured but imagine if that hit anyones face! Good vid as always. Also please use aluminum/metal discs on this car and actual rubber tires.

With this talent and eqipment you could try to make something small like a 1cc diesel engine on your own.

Incredible job, really amazing! Could you make a video showing all the tools you use to get your stuff done? Thanks!

Nice video! 👍

Nice work man. Thinking the custom shoes is the right idea. Maybe with adjustable weight? Seems like they definitely need to be of steel so they’re heavier.

Agree those little shoes are not cut tutti. You’ll be able to curve match your own shoes with like only four. Great job. 👍

Nice job Johnny.. now you need to build one for the Enjomore 78cc! Dennis Dempsey is currently working on one for his, but I don't think he has access to the machine tools that you have.😉 *EDIT:* Judging from the way the response is when you were testing, you may need to drop your 1st gear ratio considerably to make use of what little torque these have at high rpm's.. or stronger clutch springs to compensate.😄👍

Use discs for added surface and weights inside slopes like in a cvt that pushes them on the rotor

Wondering when we will se this beauty in action.

Excellent job JohnnyQ90!!! I love watching how You self-diagnose the problem and work to build the new parts all yourself,using your own machined parts!!! : >)

you could do a bullet-proof setup for a "clutch" with materials you already have^^ simply use another differential, where your motor/drivetrain connects to the output shafts and a normal r/c brake connects to the input shaft.. easy. when the brake is open, all the torque from the motor will spin the brake disc. when closing the brake, the diff will distribute the rpms to the drivetrain.. you just have to control the brake force with a servo (for what it is already made for). the brakepads replace the clutch material and can be bought rather cheap.

Thats a nice looking clutch. It really looks like some highly engineered part that is gonna last.

I'm not sure this was suggested yet, but what about using a clutch liner similar what we use for nitro rc helicopters clutches? The come in strips and are cheap and work very well.

Love your content bro

Комментарий в поддержку канала и ролика, а также труда мастера!!!!!

Maannnn you a god damn artist 🤘🏼

You can line the clutch bell with thin cork sheet glued in place. It was this way on all my 3.5cc methanol/nitro clutches from the factory. These screamers made up to 1hp, and it's harder wearing than you think.

Line the clutch bell with cork, it can be changed when worn down. May give you grip and save the shoes.

Looking good bruh

Add a little bit of weight to the clutch shoes or lower the spring tension a few grams if you're able to. And with 6 clutch shoes you could try putting 3 softer springs with 3 that you have. Might make it creep at idle but will have a smooth engagement

Even a full size cars clutch would have slipped in the same conditions. I think you're right where you need to be.

I love how he made it 4wheel drive like a Awdi or Lambo

i love this stuff

Hell yeah! Heavier shoes, lighter springs will help.

Adding some friction material should help a lot on the shoes or on the bell itself. The bell might be less work.

That's awesome 👍 possibly make the shoes out of steel?

watch out for the weight of the flywheel, it will reduce your throttle response. metal on metal will always slip, get some break pad material and it will do even better

I absolutely love this build, been a long time subscriber🤘🏻. So my question is why not set it up with more of a 1/5 scale style clutch setup? I would think that might work better for this setup

Fab channel. Johnny Q, have you ever mini-dyno'd your engines?

Love your videos! Been watching it on repeat just so that I can learn how it works! Its so amazing what you did here and as a mechanical engineering student, I really appreciate all of these builds. I learn a lot from your video!!! If you dont mimd me asking, how did you learn all of this amazing stuff?

Hi johnny, have you ever thought about a classic clutch like on real cars instead of a inertia driven one, or maybe a torque converter ? it would be maybe more controllable and allow a better control over the car

You might need to lighten the springs on the clutch shoes. Did you calc how much spring force you need??

Johnny, if you make a ring (temporary) to slip under the clutch shoes and hold them open (to a slightly bigger diameter than inside the bell) you can take a lick off the shoes to get the radius the same.

Maybe you can add some inner liner to the clutch bell this would increase the grip inside the clutch bell and make it slip less or not at all, kind off like the nitro rc helicopter do for their clutch system, check one of those, the liner material I'm talking about is sold individually to apply to any clutch bell or you could source similar material if you find what it's made off

maybe experiment with lighter clutch shoe springs and clutch shoe materials. definitely on the right track!

You should make hook spots on the clutch arms to get a typ of lock up that isnt immediate

I will not be surprised if this man build his own supercar

Maybe loosen up the springs a bit on the clutch shoes, so they "bite" harder? Or make some adjustment system with setscrews that can be placed in different holes to stiffen or loosen the clutch shoe springs. Could work with weight aswell, holes where you can screw in or remove setscrews and those setscrews weight a bit which will make the shoes bite harder.

Awesome.

I wonder if you could lessen the slip by machining a ring out of a break caliper or old automotive clutch?

Lovely design and build work sir! My only suggestion is that you epoxy on some suitable fiction material to those church fingers. That’ll solve the slipping issue.

Hi mate good workers as always, just wondering maybe you could use a push bike disc break pad material, Just thinking that's possibly easy to obtain and easy to work with being a smaller place. As always love your work

Love your videos Johnny... I'm no expert but do you think a fibre/metal clutch interface would provide more grip as opposed to the metal/metal your using now? More like how a conventional clutch is setup in a regular car...

Suggestion: use a cross tube to connect the two flexible exhaust pipes. You will make more low and mid range power, without sacrificing any top end power. Cheers!

probably need some stuff for your clutch to work better i think the stuff on a car break pad or clutch to promote grip

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Maybe you can use bicycle brake pads (from hydraulic brakes) as clutch material.

Some friction material on clutch weighs where they make contact with the bell would probably be a good solution. Aluminium on steel is a poor solution which will quickly gall.

I want to hear it with a 8 into 1 collector it would be great.

Sounds awesome reel deep note to it..

I always wanted one of these mini engines but the prices for them are quite high

Oh you just KNOW everyone is ACHING to see this thing run!

For a video idea you should make a fluid coupler it's very possible for you to make

We need a mud truck build bro!!!

8:30 Are the tires spinning in the wrong direction? Great vid as always! I love to see the worksmanship and dedication you put into your videos!

I'm only upset that I didn't wake up an hour ago to catch this when it came out.

on the centrifugal clutch (6ea. arms) = could you have removable pads "pan head screwed from behind" , with an asbestos's type material or carbon fiber ?

Hey johnny! any plans for that twin rotary you made awhile back?

The clutch arms should have a brake pad type material on the ends. Or clutch material. Metal on metal will always end up slipping

Hey Johnny! I've been wondering what type of body the car would have for a while, have you got an idea?

when I seen the clutch shoes i immediately thought "why doesn't he have some kinda materiel on them for grip" and started to think about what you could use for a clutch materiel one thought is maybe trying some very high grit sandpaper like 1000 grit or higher getting into higher grits i think the overall thickness of the paper would be great for the tight tolerances you have to play with inside the clutch bell

Have u ever done miniature diesel engine ?

Please make a video, when you finish mechanism, put car body on it and show us how this car is driving 🤩

if you want better grip on clutch shoes, add a little squeeze of FERODO grip ;)

Cool, can you try making an actual clutch with pressure plate and clutch disc?

i still cant believe how much this model V8 sounds like a full size V8

Very cool! Would it help with slipping if the clutch shoe surfaces were coated with a stickier material?

nice work