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The oldest debate..... - DAVEC-NITRO-RS4 - 06-16-2005
Here's the oldest debate, is it a motor or an engine?
Some people say that it's a motor if it runs on electricity, but then you are always hearing about rocket motors, and those are solid or liquid fuels. Nitro burners are engines, right?
So, which is it? Are our nitro hobby venicles powered by engines, or motors?
ps: This is just for fun.....
The oldest debate..... - Mr. Tune - 06-16-2005
Personal preference if you ask me. Sometimes I say motor, sometimes I say engine. To me, they both mean the same thing.
The oldest debate..... - offroader303 - 06-19-2005
Yeah I'd agree...I use both and to me they both mean the same thing. I tend to use engine more often though.
The oldest debate..... - RCDad - 06-19-2005
I normally say electric motor and nitro engine myself..
The oldest debate..... - grim digger - 06-19-2005
IT'S ALL THE SAME MAN ,IT'S ALL THE SAME,LOL
EITHER WAY THEY BREAK THE SAME
MOTOR
1. An engine, especially the internal-combustion engine of a vehicle or machine;
2. A device, eg in a domestic appliance, that converts electrical energy into mechanical energy, using the forces that act on a current-carrying conductor such as a coil1 (noun 3) in the presence of a magnetic field. Also called electric motor.
ENGINE
1. A machine that is used to convert some form of energy into mechanical energy that can be used to perform useful work.
Thesaurus: motor, generator, turbine, transformer, dynamo, apparatus, mechanism, contraption.
2. A railway locomotive.
Thesaurus: locomotive, motor, steam engine.
3. formal
A device or instrument.
Example: an engine of destruction
The oldest debate..... - Tex - 06-19-2005
I use both words for nitro, but I say motor for electric
The oldest debate..... - ATA_Thrash - 06-20-2005
I think most call nitro "engines" because thats there called that by the company selling them. Same goes for electric there marketed as motors.
The oldest debate..... - loosecanon - 06-22-2005
I believe that a motor powers a certain type of machine that performs work like a garage door opener or a treadmill where an engine powers vehicles, when ford first made the model T the called it an engine. However I alway say Motor
The oldest debate..... - squirrel - 06-26-2005
motor: electric
engine: internal combustion
why is detroit called the motor city then?????
same difference
The oldest debate..... - DAVEC-NITRO-RS4 - 06-27-2005
GOOD question!!