Graupner Key West

[Dr. Jet]

Great nostalgia! ......... those boats would make 135* turns flat out! Wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't seen it.

I was hoping you would chime in. I know how much you liked those boats. And yes, I think the main reason I want to get this old one running again is those 180-degree turns at full throttle. The Systems would do that too. It was like they were defying the laws of physics AND common sense.

[Ch.Lucas]

Hi,
yes the cornering is great. It belongs to the situation we run NAVIGA race class and P. Schmidt was a Word Champion in F1 stearing class.
We run F1-1kg boats , size 20 inches long on the triangle course , doing 10 to 11 seconds for this 200 meter race. https://youtu.be/_k3p_oLkXbA . I have run a Prather 21 tunnel in F1+1kg with surface propeller . To get the tunnel in tight corner i ad tunrfins on both side ,outside, of the sponson close to c.g. . So the Prather did 12 seconds for this 200 meters.
Old pics , some days gone.

Happy Amps Christian