Fresno is a nice field. Flew there once with the TFC gang at a Huckfest.

Ignition kills are a personal choice but they will not compensate for failing to tune an engine correctly or setting an idle when the engine is too cold. Only education can do that. Over sensitive controls make for some pretty nervous moments in a first, or later, flight as well. Setting up with rates helps alleviate that situation.

Never, ever, tune a cold engine or set an idle on a cold engine. Always set up your throttle linkage where the idle trim can kill the engine, even if you have a kill switch. Learn and know the linkage travels required for the carb to function properly. There's really no excuse for doing things wrong. I'm sure the flyer in the video had some tense moments but I'm also sure a lot of learning took place on that flight.