Hi everyone, im new to the forum and an absolute beginer in the hobby so i will be askin you guys alot for help.
I just finished assembling my trainer plane last week and took it out today. Where i live there are no instructors around so thats not an option so i decided to learn to fly myself...slowly. I realize that flying a plane is no easy task so today i just went out a did alot of taxiing around and getting used to throtle and and steering. It went well for a while until the engien quits and wouldnt start again. I followed the instruction very closely on break-in procedures but im not sure on the needle valve setting. When i couldnt start teh engien again I thought the glow plug was dead do i checked and it was glowing fine but when i turned the prop i saw the engien was half full of this thick green gooey oily stuff. That didnt look so good then i dumped as muc of it out as possible and started the engien again it wokred then i closed the needle a bit cuz i thought i was running too rich. The engien quits again after about 10 mins i took the glow plug out and the bottom of it was burnt black and the piston was also burnt a lil bit... maybe from the heat and combustion and all but i dunno... is this normal or is it suposed to be clean lookin and stuff? The instruction said to open the needle 2 and half turns for break in then close it gradually till rpm drops something liek that. the needle was 2 turns open, after i tighten the needle like mentioned above, its now 1 and half open. How much do you guy open your valve... i understand that this varies from engine to engien but i just wanted to get a rough idea so i dont lean it too much

Its winter here in ontario, like -5*C. Is it ok to run the engien this cold? cuz i ran the engine outside once and it was freezing.. probly colder than -5, it ran but a lil slugish but that was durrin break in. I was thinkin of puttin skis on and run on the snow. And the props... at my local hobby store there are only 3 kinds of props available[:'(]... wood, master airscrew, APC. I've tried them all but cant really tell which one is good, what kind do you guys use?. And also im runing a GMS 47 so what size and pitch is best?

I have a futaba skyport 6 transmitter and was thinking if i can buy an adapter or whatever and use it as a controler for the flight sim i found on the net for free cuz i dotn wanna buy the Real Flight package im on a tight budget [&o]. thats all for now... liek i said, Im a real newbie at this so ill be coming back here often asking you guys stuff. Thanks for your replies
Trung