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Old 03-30-2016, 08:42 PM
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Originally Posted by chrism
Don't forget their German Klima engines!
Were those motors -other- than their 18 mm "A" through "C" black powder ones? Some of Quest's post-accident (at their former motor production plant) "A" - "C" motors are/were German-made, while others are of Chinese manufacture, but I don't know if Klima was/is that German motor maker. (Quest's new, paper-cased MicroMaxx motors are also made in Germany, but I don't know if Klima is their manufacturer.) Also:

Quest touted upcoming 13 mm motors (which never came out) for a while, and they even sold 13 mm to 18 mm motor adapter mounts for them. But because they were to be variable-length like the Chinese Sky company's 13 mm motors, I wouldn't be surprised if Quest had intended to sell re-branded Sky motors (the 13 mm motors--whatever their origin was--did appear on the NAR certified motors list at around that time). It's too bad those 13 mm motors never hit the market, because they included (if memory serves) a "B" motor. If Quest's new owners picked up that ball again, those motors could come to fruition.
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