I spent hours on the phone with Bill Meador about the engine. I have all the linkages set as he suggests and the plug is a nice light tan with the needle settings I'm at now. I'm using Amsol at about 65:1 in it. There is what I'd call shaking in the skids and canopy when hovering at about any RPM really. Just worse up at 1600-1700. Not what I'd relate to an engine vibration. Thought that at first and spent a lot of time getting the engine and all set up right.

Then I saw the blades going out of track when adding collective to climb out so started looking at the head. That's when I found a lot of worn and slightly bent parts. I'll see what it does when I have it all back together.