So day two and the cold start went as fallows;
During fueling I noticed gas dripping from the carb. The fuel system in the Sbach is a single clunk on a tee to the carb and fill dot. So I clamped it off. The carb was wet with fuel dripping from it. I choked it and started flipping. 5 or so with 1/3 throttle. Then no choke for another 10-15 flips till she started.


The engine ran fine, once in the air I could tell it needed to be leaned. So I landed and closed the H needle 1/8 turn. Re fire was the same, no choke, flip a few, then choke again for a few, then no choke, pop, then no choke flip a bunch, then choke for a few flips, pop (Big Bang) flip a bunch without choke till she started.


The engine ran much better after tuning, after a good 8 min flight I noticed that I lost a wheel. I removed the wheel paints because they where beat up and in need of fixing, plus I need new wheels. So I landed as slow and soft as I could with a good 20 mph head wind it was easy, no damage.


So in conclusion the start procedure is to choke it, flip it, choke it flip it, flip it, flip it,choke it, no choke, flip it eventually it starts. The good is it starts, the bad is it takes 10x what all my other engines take.


TB