RE: well heres a vid of my lap cat 2
Little lever out of the carb of a K&B bent in an L shape is the HS needle, personally if you get it running well and boat all tuned in correctly that will make a decent first boat, old school or not, its not the fastest but should be fairly reliable and teach you a great deal about RC boating, also since people on the boards jump to racing all the time(im guilty of it to) there is a chance that boat could very well take place at the end, boat racing works on a points scale not necessarily a whos fastest wins scale, tuned to the gills for 100% reliability and max output topped off with a good driver has every chance in the world to place..
radio is a bit out of date I agree on that but if it works run it, wasnt that long ago all the RTR's ran AM stuff