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They use Japanese truck or car engines-- the motor is mounted in front of the
pivot point and the long shaft counterbalances it. You swing it left and right
to steer. Bet the old Potter would get up on plane with a rig like that!
"Thos. Westerman" wrote:
> I remember Roger Moore as James Bond using a similar type of motor on
> little river boats somewhere in Asia (Thailand? or Hong Kong) in "the man
> with the golden gun". Very similar setup, a motor on a pivot point on the
> transom with a long rod shaft and an open/unprotected propeller at the end.
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> What do you think?--
Ron Force rforce@moscow.com
Moscow, Idaho U.S.A. P15 1195
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