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Hey Robbin,WHEW, where to start, where to go????????? i'm as much of an outboard purist as anyone, rc or full scale. i can wholeheartedly agree with ron's opinions, it does not meet the "CLASSICAL" notion of an outboard. but, without thinking outside of the box, this hobby will stagnate. if the engine, lower, flex, prop & skeg all turn as a unit, it is technically & LEGALLY an outboard, as the current rules are written. ron, just keep doing what you're doing, your boats are fast & handle well B) . make them beat you, it will take some doin', imho!! like terry keeley says "if you do what you have always done, you will get what you always got", or something close to that . nobody's asking you to like it ron, or run it. but, as long as it's legal, you will have to race against it. i'm not trying to pick as side here, hell i don't really like a lawless or rek lower, just because they cant the engine foward. looks nothing like a "real" outboard, they all stand up straight, & my ob tunnel engines will also . but this hobby needs all the foward, out of the box thinking it can get, as long as the rules are followed & enforced. see ya'll at the pond .
I'm glad you chimed in......... I think you may be getting caught up in the "other" technical points to describe and outboard, instead of the obvious, being an outboard mounted on the transom of the boat. Remember the old saying, if it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, its probably a duck? This contraption is not an outboard engine. It may have a drive system that moves with the engine, but it is not an outboard. If they can figure out how to mount it OUTSIDE of the boat, on the transom, it will be an outboard. Right now, it's an inboard. Since you are familiar with full size, I don't think this would be allowed on a full size outboard tunnel, do you? Outboards need to be mounted outboard on the transom of the boat, not inboard on a turntable. It's WAY too obvious here and not about running against them. Otto' s didn't finish a heat in Charleston so it's not about not wanting to run against it, it's about keeping the integrity of the class.
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