Originally Posted by
pbilt024
The weird part is, you can choke it till there is gas pouring out of the carb and continue flipping and the plugs will be dry as a bone. At no point was I able to get any fuel into the engine from the carb.
This is the OP's statement that suggest it is the reed blocks. Yes, it initially ran, but being it cut off in flight and being that may have happened from overheating just adds to the idea the reeds need help. The reeds are a glass product which will distort ever so slightly with heat thus reinforcing my thoughts and suggestions. And one can not tell just by a visual look if there is a minute amount of opening.
Of course these are just my opinions and one can do as one wishes with them.