I found one off of craigslist, that was seemingly taken well care of for $250. Cant beat that. The P.O. crashed it early in his hobby and bought another NexSTAR Select to replace some broken parts.. So I basically have two planes for the price of one, minus the servos, and OS .46 engine.

I also got a bunch of glow plugs, all the original manuals, the box it came in, field tools, etc etc..

(He has removed the A.F.S. , speed brakes, and extender/limiter that controls the lean/rich mixture. The only thing that is left for beginner's use is the Airfoil extensions..

At any rate, I had some problems getting it started with this Hobbico Torque Master90 12V starter, I found out the tubes were switched (exhaust and fill tube) from where they were supposed to be. Also couldnt seem to get the glow plug igniter to get the glow plugs going so I bought one that is battery powered, works better in my opinion. I hate having to charge things (Waiting) to get them to work. Sofinally I got it started with the handle end of a screwdriver and a quick spin.. Seems to run pretty good. HOWEVER, with the idle reduced to zero the plane won't shut off.. The only way I can get it to shut off is by putting my finger over the exhaust and killing the engine. I checked all the linkages from the servo to the throttle body of the engine and I took out all the play from the rod, but I still cannot get the slide from the carb to close the hole completely. That is the only thing I can see that would keep it running.. I am completely new to these engines and this hobby for that matter. Is there another adjustment I am missing?
I have the needle valve turned out 1 1/2 turns as per the manual specs. Anyone know what the throttle stop screw is supposed to be set at??

Also when I brought it home I immediately went to the Sim to practice.. As I started flying with the Futaba 4YBF the spring on the elevator side of the control broke free.. Ugh.. So I took the back off to find that not only did the spring come loose but the mount that it attaches to broke off. I rigged the mount up with a rubber band and got the spring back on.. It isn't exactly centered and wants to continue to climb while flying the Sim. I'd fix it more permanently but I cant see of any way to fasten the mount more securely. It's a tight fit in there.. I new I was going to replace the Transmitter with a 2.4ghz down the road but dang.. I didn't want to do it immediately.. So although the controller works fine for the Sim, I dare not take it out to the field and try because if the rubber band breaks while in flight I'm screwed! Anyone know of a way to get replacement parts for these Transmitters?

If I was to replace it what is good to go get w/o breaking the bank? I found this one on ebay anyone know anything about these?

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