Horizon Fuel Cell Technologies has built a hydrogen-electric engine at the 1:10 scale just for those people passionate about remote-controlled power toys. They know that you hate the smell left behind by the gas used whenever powering your smaller cars and that you would like them to be more environmental friendly.

The only sacrifice, so to speak, which comes with using an H-cell 2.0 kit is that the typical roaring of the little engines will be replaced by a squeal.

The company is announcing the H-cell 2.0 to be available for purchase and if you are not convinced whether to switch to this kind of unique kit for your models, you can drop by the Mondial du Modelisme event, which starts on June 17 in Paris. Horizon Fuel Cell Technologies will be showcasing it there for enthusiasts to learn more about it.

The whole power kit weighs under one kilogram and works exactly like the hybrid engines you see on real scale vehicles. The total hybrid energy output is of 45 Wh and has two hydrogen energy cartridges. What probably interests you the most, especially since you care about winning those RC competitions, is the maximum speed the cars using H-cell 2.0 can reach. That will be of 45 Mph over a one-hour working period. The complete list of specs can be found on engadget.

This is a very cool invention and I'm sure people passionate about RC vehicles will love it. Also, you must know it has special mounts so that it fits onto any type of toy. Boats, flying toys and cars will accept this powering kit. For now, Horizon Fuel Cell Technologies is the only company retailing it on a commercial scale.




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