Cars and boats are fun, and can help you to practice the
driving toward you steering techniques
Fuel engines normally need some extra cooling when used in cars and
boats. In cars they also need a dust filter on the air inlet.
1982: Racing on Schiphol parking lot. Stock-car racing with 3.5cc
1980: My own design power boat: Solid balsa sides and a bent board in
between. 3.5cc water-cooled engine
Used to start with a rope, but electric starter is much easier. Goes very
fast, due to big bottom surface.
1982: All-balsa model with deep V bottom. Powered by Mabushi-500 and 12V/3Ah
batteries.
1983: Propeller powered snow and ice vehicle. 1.5cc, clocked 52km/h on the
ice.
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