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Master Oil Racing Team
The Konig 8 had twice as many cylinders and pipes as mine did. Plus I think my tower housing was shorter, so my center of gravity was pretty low. Another factor I hadn't considered until a previous post came up was that Dan had to be careful in the turns not to chew up all the gears. The six cylinder was stacked taller, and Hans's proprider was no match for a Butts Aerowing in the turns on a smooth course.
Here are a few pictures of the six cylinder from Phoenix. Hard to tell about the exhaust because of the cowling. Maybe I have some other shots somewhere. Steve Litzell, tell us what you know about it.
It would be very interesting to see what those two boats could have done on a course like Lakeland or Yelm. We were blown out at Lakeland and Marshall didn't have the motor dialed in yet, and I don't know whether he ever got back there to run it or not, but I don't think so.
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