Now that I have the muffler issue taken care of I have at least 20 flights on the NGH GT17 on my Escapade and this combo is fastly becoming my favorite. The NGH GT 17 has become a very dependable engine and I am getting well over 9000RPM with an evolution 14x8 prop. I am now breaking in a OS GT15 that I bought and I hope the OS GT15 is as good as the NGH GT17. I am still breaking in the OS GT15 and it was a bear to get started but it is now starting easrier after each run.