Hi y'all,

I'm posting this after a long time as I have finally completed my Phoenix Model Strega and had a maiden flight almost 3 weeks ago. I had cowling problems and couple of linkage problems, and I have fixed them all. Magnum 46 XLS 2 Stroke motor installed on it and it was screaming on the first flight.

Last Sunday, I flew it and did 3 successful flights, 1 dead stick and it was very cold, not as cold as it gets in other states but it was the first time I flew it in this temperature, it was around higher 30's or lower 40's. After 4th flight, engine acted up so much, it won't stay on, kept shutting off, changed the plug O.S. # 8 medium, but problem persists.

The topic is discoloration of the fuel and my question is that I have a fuel which is 10% Nitro, I bought it from my LHS. It had been sitting inside the house in summer as well as in garage. It used to be dark pink color, ever since I took it out of the plastic bag, it changed color to extreme light yellow or almost no color. I was trying to find out is this fuel good anymore, has anyone ever had any sort of experience like that? If yes, did fuel work well? Is fuel good enough or had it gone bad? I'm also gonna check this Saturday how is it gonna work as well?

Thanks to y'all in advance.

Mody

* I'd post photos of my plane soon in this thread.