Three more nice flights on the P-47 today. The balance is near perfect.
Unfortunately, I'm not having any good luck with the electric starter. When I first got the engine with the starter installed, the main gear failed on about the 4 or 5th starting attempt. Mile High R/C explained that I had screwed up by not lubricating the gear. They sent me another gear and I bought some Lucas Red N Tacky grease like they recommended. I put as much grease on the gear as possible. Today on the 5th start since reinstalling the gear, it failed again. The problem is that the main gear is basically "pot metal". The gear is cast instead of machined from steel. When the engine balks the gear teeth immediately strip.