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Posts : 136 Join date : 2016-12-30 Age : 19 Location : Brampton, Canada
Subject: Looking for upgraded RC tank smoke generator. Sun Jan 22, 2017 12:48 pm
Hello! I am looking for a good smoke unit for my HL tank, my budget is below $50. I was going to get an IR system, but have put it on hold until I can speak to someone in the club to learn more about it, so I can make a good decision instead of just listening to people who I barely know, and making a decision with little to no knowledge about IR systems.
Subject: Re: Looking for upgraded RC tank smoke generator. Sun Jan 22, 2017 1:57 pm
This is from a TARR MK I smoker running a 3S lipo.
dgsselkirk Field Marshal
Posts : 3212 Join date : 2013-02-12 Age : 64 Location : Kitchener ON
Subject: Re: Looking for upgraded RC tank smoke generator. Sun Jan 22, 2017 5:41 pm
And here is TARR running in a ZTZ
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Dan10channel Corporal
Posts : 136 Join date : 2016-12-30 Age : 19 Location : Brampton, Canada
Subject: Re: Looking for upgraded RC tank smoke generator. Sun Jan 22, 2017 6:36 pm
Thanks for sending the videos. I checked on ebay and for the TARR Mk1 for about $35 for each, and the Mega stream bottle for about $34 per each, which is way too much. So do any of you know any websites that sell them at a cheap price? Thanks in advance.
dgsselkirk Field Marshal
Posts : 3212 Join date : 2013-02-12 Age : 64 Location : Kitchener ON
Subject: Re: Looking for upgraded RC tank smoke generator. Sun Jan 22, 2017 6:41 pm
He is the maker, no one else sells them any cheaper. Is this the one you are looking at?
I have lots of MegaSteam which is what most of us that have smokers use. It is $8.00 a bottle to club and you can pick it up at meets...
_____________________________________________ "There are things in Russia which are not as they seem..." Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov
Too many tanks, not enough time....
Dan10channel Corporal
Posts : 136 Join date : 2016-12-30 Age : 19 Location : Brampton, Canada
Subject: Re: Looking for upgraded RC tank smoke generator. Sun Jan 22, 2017 7:09 pm
Yes, that was what I was looking at, thanks. Do you know if there are any alternatives instead of MegaSteam?
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dgsselkirk Field Marshal
Posts : 3212 Join date : 2013-02-12 Age : 64 Location : Kitchener ON
Subject: Re: Looking for upgraded RC tank smoke generator. Sun Jan 22, 2017 7:33 pm
baby oil but a little stinky and gums up the works quicker. Although I have a bottle that cleans your smoker too so when it happens you can get a bottle of that off me at some point...
_____________________________________________ "There are things in Russia which are not as they seem..." Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov
Too many tanks, not enough time....
Dan10channel Corporal
Posts : 136 Join date : 2016-12-30 Age : 19 Location : Brampton, Canada
Subject: Re: Looking for upgraded RC tank smoke generator. Sun Jan 22, 2017 8:19 pm
I see, thanks for the help. Do you think I can make homemade smoke fluid, like out of water and glycerin? Sorry about all the questions.
Subject: Re: Looking for upgraded RC tank smoke generator. Sun Jan 22, 2017 8:29 pm
You can also use baby oil.
dgsselkirk Field Marshal
Posts : 3212 Join date : 2013-02-12 Age : 64 Location : Kitchener ON
Subject: Re: Looking for upgraded RC tank smoke generator. Sun Jan 22, 2017 9:06 pm
1. Baby oil is cheaper, 2. I would NEVER use water in this type of device. I know what you are thinking that e-cig formula but it is alcohol not water with the glycerin. I used to make my own and flavoured for my e-cig. (Finally quit smoking) costs more than baby oil. FYI Neither produce the smoke that the mega steam does.
_____________________________________________ "There are things in Russia which are not as they seem..." Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov
Too many tanks, not enough time....
Dan10channel Corporal
Posts : 136 Join date : 2016-12-30 Age : 19 Location : Brampton, Canada
Subject: Re: Looking for upgraded RC tank smoke generator. Mon Jan 23, 2017 8:57 am
Thank you, I think I might use baby oil or mineral oil as an alternative, until I can get some from the club.
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