Keep in mind, this is for a trainer, It will not do any acrobatics/3dflying. It will only be used to learn the basics, take off, and landings with a 48" high wing SPAD.

I spotted a MDS .48 engine at my local hobby shop for 109.00$ Canadian. I like the price (Compared to OS) and would like to purchase it. I've read several threads on this engine. some positive and some negative. I don't really mind playing around and tuning the engine, what better way to learn about glow engines...

It's my understanding that I should break the engine with 1 gallon of fuel and run this engine with 5% Nitro and a idle bar glow plug(Or in some post, number 8 OS Glow plug).

Am I correct in the statment above?

How many HP does this engine have? I heard 1.51 hp!

Any more tips on how to tune this engine? how to break it?


Regards,