The hurrier I go the behinder I get !!! When it comes to a maiden flight truer words were never spoken. I have been reading quite a few threads about guy's finishing a model and doing the breakin at the field or even on the first flights and then complaining about dead sticks and tall weeds and holes in the moneycote and all the things that will certainly happen if you fly your plane before the engine is broke in. You have to step back and don't try to force a maiden into a few minutes of flying, the only good that can come from this is you will be able to build the second one faster because you just finished the first one and the building sequence is still fresh in your mind. Sometimes and it depends on the engine but I will run as much as a gallon of fuel through my engine before it ever leaves the ground and half of that gallon will be in the plane on the ground in my back yard. By the time you are done doing this every nut, bolt and screw that is going to come loose will have done it and the motor will be running to the point of no dead sticks. If you do it this way most of the first flight jitters will not be there because you are familiar with the plane and the engine and you know that all the bolts and screws are tight, this makes the first flights a lot more fun and the ride home is a whole lot better also. Maybe a gallon is over kill to you all but but I would rather be safe than sorry. rockmon