**** Airnoids ****

good read ....and ck out the pics

In the future, all racecar electrical-activated items will be wireless. You
heard it here first.


Why would I wish for such a thing? I always found the proper wiring of
a race car to be the most time consuming and sometimes annoying of
all race car systems. I want a better way.


In the meantime as I trudged on, dealing with wire, numerous relays,
switches and the labor required to install and maintain a nitrous system
I dreamed of an air system to control the nitrous. An air operated
system could virtually eliminate any if not all of the amp draw, all the
wires, terminal blocks and relays.


A broad statement can be made that 95 percent of racecar problems
can be traced to electrical issues so if I could eliminate some of the
electrical hardware the percentage of potential mystery problems
would decrease. A single stage plate can pull down 10 - 40 amps and a
nozzle system can pull down anywhere from 20 to 50 amps per stage
depending on the solenoids used. This is a huge amount of battery
drain. If I could get rid of that amp draw perhaps but not likely, I could
quit badgering nitrous racers to install alternators and voltage
controllers.


At the very least, a huge portion of the battery capacity could be better
utilized keeping the ignition doing the job it was intended to do. With
less amp draw and likely lighter weight units it would almost be like
free HP. I believed air could be the next step until the no loss battery
and miracle wireless; no amp solenoid coils were invented. I really
wanted to simplify my job but alas, my education was insufficient in this
area so nothing tangible ever came of it.


Air operated systems have been around forever in the industrial world.
If you work in any kind of manufacturing I will bet that there is some
item or function that is air controlled. Air throttle controllers, shifters
and trans brakes have been around in drag cars for a while and proven
their dependability and quick action. The nitro Fuel teams utilize pretty
complicated air logic systems to run their fuel and clutch and I just
figured an air operated system had to happen some day



here are some pics of the lastest one Induction-Solutions worked up

Cool...... Now the competition can shut of the other guys NO2 from the stands !!!

JK.......

Looks like an awsome Idea.

The old saying goes. f it can be done with electricity it was done with air first. Ever seen pneumatic alarm systems in plants or on ships? Pretty old, but still badass...

The cost of the system alone would be Mega dollars ...cool but not practical

Wouldn't you still need some kind of solenoids and electronics to actuate the air? I'm sure you could use smaller components with less of an amp draw. I will be interested to see how this works out and if anyone wants to convert over to this system. This looks similar to Trevor Langfield's/ noswizards pulsenoid deal.

This is one STUPID Idea....I work with air activated shut downs and such and I wish you had an Idea how many time I have to go over to the engine room and Chase out line from one end of the system to the other just to find a pin hole in a tubing, then have to cut it out and splice it or replace a section of tubing...


Summer time suck with tubing because it expands and contracts and tubing splits, tubing nuts come loose, Ferrell breaks, and messing with the regulators when something goes wrong....and also you have to have electric solenoid to control the air anyways so you still have the AMP draw just now you have a whole other system to try and fix......


Been there Still Dealing with it