Meanwhile, in Indonesia:

After 3 years of storage under tropical conditions without any form of conservation (I defuelled the plane and stored in its wooden box, the box was clean 3 years ago but now has some fairly big mould stains inside) I reactivated my holiday plane today.
I had to replace both Ailleron servos (they were extremely cheap chinese 12 gram servos that probably suffered internal corrosion and did not work properly anymore), and minor issues with rust here and there.

The engine (still with the uncompensated "curve only" solenoid driver of the first generation) immediately showed signs of life, but needed quite a bit of motivation to keep running. Probably a bit of dried oil or other residue here and there. After about 15 minutes of runtime and opening and closing the main needle a few times in order to flush through that residue, it steadied up.

Left it to cool down completely, and a simple prime (identical to the video titled "start procedure" on my YT channel: At WOT one flip with a finger on the carb, then three flips to distribute the fuel), was enough to achieve a consistent single-flip start.
Still running smokeless and with barely any oil from the muffler. Indonesian gasoline is pretty "stinky" compared to Europe's counterpart, and my daughter, standing behind the plane, was very surprised that she barely smelled anything (She saw how much oil I added to the fuel when I mixed it and is familiar with smelly two-strokes ).
The solenoid seems to have survived the 3 years of storage also without problems.


I hope to get her in the air Saturday and Sunday.