GUys,
When I first ran my DA50, it would idle forever, and I mean forever. However, I was slightly fouling plugs, so I slightly leaned out the low end, and this also got rid of all the burbling. THe engine runs great now, and the only problem is that its idling is funny.
If left on idle, it will SLOWLY, over a period of a couple minutes, begin to get lower and lower and lower, until finally, it will die.
After a couple minutes of idling, if I give it just 1 click of up throttle, it will also start to die. However, if it is left idling for a couple minutes, and I then kick it up to 1/4 or 1/2 throttle, it is fine.
THis seems to me that it is slowly loading up. What would you guys say?
Also, it appears that every time I go to the field, I have to take the plug out, and clean a little piece of carbon buildup from the plug. After I do that, it cranks right up. Is this just because I am running Lawnboy Ashless on break-in? I also thought this may be because the engine is stored inverted, and everything runs down to the plug and just sits there until I fly again.
Could someone please tell me if I am correct in these assumptions?