Remote Control Car Fan

by murtledaturtle13

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Intro: Remote Control Car Fan

In this instructable I will show you how to put a fan for a cpu in a cheap electric rc car to keep it cool oh and by the way this is my first instructable.
Materials:9 volt battery connector Remote control car Cpu fan 9 volt battery and hot glue gun or tape or both.

STEP 1: Connecting the Fan

First connect the 9 volt connector to the fan wires I did this by just twisting the wires and taping them since I didnt have a soldering iron.Then find a place on the Remote control cars body close to the electric motor then hot glue it on the body.Make sure it dosent touch the body and it has to be high enough to get air on top of the fan

STEP 2: Fan Wires and 9 Nine Volt Battery

Hot glue or tape the fan wires to the body to keep them out of the way oh its best to use hot glue. Then tape the 9 volt battery somewhere in an empty space. It is best to use tape so you can change out the battery with ease. thats it your all done and the supplies should only cost you 15$

24 Comments

zack247 12 years ago

i have found out the model of car used in this instructable, its the 2006 camaro concept from the "bigtime muscle" series from Jada toys, ive got one just like it.
its most likely the 1:16 scale version, but it could be the 1:14 scale version too.

agis68 14 years ago

Also you can make a hovercraft...maybe not remoted. You will use only the plastic cover of the car, close all the hols, plug the fan and enjoy it!

Venemot 12 years ago

well first of all if you close all the holes there is no air for the fan to push downwards and by the way the fans used in pc's arent strong enough...!!!

______ 13 years ago

What about the weight of the 9v battery?

Mudbud 13 years ago

hey I made a hovercraft with two xmods car curcuit boards!

agis68 13 years ago

You see!!! All you need is imagination and this brilliant community...

ilpug 13 years ago

this is cool. i dont see why it would need direct cooling like this unless you planned on driving it in the desert or something.

Ha4xor4life 14 years ago

This is a "ZipZap" Sold for 5 bucks at radio shack. This does not need ANY cooling, whatsoever.

______ 13 years ago

Mine OVERHEATED so the fan is a good idea!

zack247 13 years ago

dont xmods have their battery compartments on the sides of the chassis? or am i thinking of some other car?

GTRPLR1995 13 years ago

LOL, np, Just wanted to point that out. XD

GTRPLR1995 13 years ago

Not even an X-mod, This is a very cheap piece of crap rc that goes like 5 MPH. XD

TSC 14 years ago

Nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Coodude26 14 years ago

 you mounted the fan against a flat surface...that's gonna do jack diddly squat, it has no air to pull in. also cars like this definitely don't need cooling

thepaul93 14 years ago

To save on weight why not just run the fan off the card battery?

lobo_pal 15 years ago

Does it really need a fan?

Quickdraw 15 years ago

Some rc cars do. The only ones I see needing it though are high-performance electrics (Xmod, mini-z, Megapro, etc)

murtledaturtle13 14 years ago

will I have moved on and now have a Tamiya tt01 and need a body with light housings for pretty cheap and trying to figure out how I can do an instructables on it

candle360 14 years ago

I like this instructable, but that seems like it's geared more towards disposable RC's, I actually made a functional hood scoop for my xmod, and my E10 has never had any overheating problems. the only reason I made a hood scoop for the xmod was because I had a spare hood laying around, so I played around with it and made it look awesome. great instructable though
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