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Holiday Gift Guide: Hydrogen Power Kit for your R/C Car

We're hoping to appeal to both the weekend R/C racers and the alternafuel fans on the site with this choice. Horizon Fuel Cell technologies offers a hydrogen fuel cell power supply for your R/C car that incorporates on board hydrogen fuel canisters! Even better, the kit is designed to fit in the battery compartment of the venerable Tamiya TT-01 chassis. This means we can live the dream of owning a hydrogen-powered Ford Escort Cosworth Rally Car. The kit promises top speed near 20 mph, quick acceleration and charges that last nearly an hour. It's a significant cost savings over the $600 monthly lease for the Clarity FCX. Product information below the jump:

Horizon built on its expertise in small-size fuel cell power systems to create a unique hydrogen fuel cell upgrade kit called the H-cell, designed for well-known battery powered model RC hobby cars you can buy in your local hobby store.

Designed to fit into the original 7.2V NiCad battery slot located on Tamiya TT-01 car chassis, the fuel cell power unit is designed as a futuristic power source using light emitting air cooling fans.

The new power source combines an ultra-compact air-cooled PEM fuel cell system with a scaled down fuel storage unit that includes a rack of 3 metal hydride canisters each including 10 liters of solid-state (low pressure) hydrogen gas. [Horizon Fuel Cell]

1:45 PM on Tue Dec 4 2007
By Matt Hardigree
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zohaib at 01:50 PM on 12/04/07
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that's intense :D

time to get myself another R/C car!
FreeMan at 01:52 PM on 12/04/07
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Did I miss something, or did that video just not really show a whole lot?
elwood at 01:54 PM on 12/04/07
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I'm really intrigued. I should show this to my professor who runs the fuel cells research lab in our engineering department. Maybe he could use university funds to get one for the lab.
mwood10 at 02:06 PM on 12/04/07
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According to the site, it's $1500. How many batteries could you buy for that?
stevezilla at 02:12 PM on 12/04/07
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kickass! now i just have to shrink myself to 1/10 scale!
Matt Hardigree at 02:34 PM on 12/04/07
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@mwood10: Are you saying you don't regularly spend $2000 on R/C supplies?
mwood10 at 02:40 PM on 12/04/07
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@Matt_Hardigree: I'm more of a $9.99 from Radio Shack sort of R/C guy.

I actually have an old Tamiya Pajero around somewhere, I think it cost me $40.
MΩJΩ at 03:23 PM on 12/04/07
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I looked all over their site. It looks like their Fuel Cells have the same trouble as all of the others. It's really cool technology but when it comes to refilling with Hydrogen your on your own.
CEman at 04:09 PM on 12/04/07
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I was wondering just that @GSPALDIN:.

Where does one purchase hydrogen?
Rust-MyEnemy at 04:53 PM on 12/04/07
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Nearly 20 mph? Mmmm.

Mind you, on a 1:10 scale car thats 200mph scale. If you were to put a 1:20th scale body on it, like, I dunno, an RV of some sort, that would be a hydrogen fuel celled RV with a scale speed of 400mph!
charles_barrett at 06:46 PM on 12/04/07
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@GSPALDIN: and @CEman: There is a solar-powered Hydrogen Refueling Station on the Horizon Fuel Cell website, in the "Toy Products" category. Maybe that's the solution.

Toy Products
gadgetfanatic at 08:31 PM on 12/04/07
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OK, I will probably get flamed for asking this, but Will it Blend?™
Turboner at 12:17 AM on 12/05/07
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Why don't they use a hydrogen powered KITT for the next Knight Rider?