Most nitro cars use a centrifugal clutch. The way this works is there are three or four little clutch shoes that swing out and grab onto the clutch bell when you accelerate.
Here's a link I found. It's for a chainsaw, but nitro cars work the exact same way.
http://home.howstuffworks.com/chainsaw4.htm
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Last edited by Murcielago659; 11-04-2003 at 01:02 AM.
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