RE: Beginner Engine Help!
Garfield,
Engines need to be broken-in, before being mounted in planes.
The break-in must successfully be completed, before any engine can be expected to run reliably.
Failure to do this task, will only lead to frustration.
Only after an engine runs successfully and reliably on the stand, should anyone expect it to be adjustable to run on the model.
A lot of smoke indicates nothing!
And since it is a tapered-bore engine, you must not do the break-in rich... READ THE BREAK-IN THREAD!