RE: Engine break-in in freezing cold
My experience with chain saws when it is zero F, they will just not take the throttle until they are warmed up. Then they seem to run very well.
I'm not crazy enough to get outside with a model airplane to fly in less than 50F anymore. Flew some this fall in the high 40's by evening though.
I'll run engines in the garage door way when it is around freezing though.