ANDREW, you're too kind [8D]! I [8D]wouldn't[8D]be[8D]the[8D]kind[8D]to[8D]gloat[8D]over[8D]a[8D]massively[8D]triumphant[8D]success[8D]like[8D]this[8D]!!!!!!!!!

You're right about the C/F prop being narrow and thin, not just that, but it came already finished. LARRY just threw it in with a small order, [probably like those dope dealers do it, you know ]. Right now, I'm predicting that the muffler will act like a governor to limit unloading, some will still occur, but once we get past stage one of this experiment and get some clockings, then the next step will be to retrofit the plane with a fuel cell and run it on bladder with no muffler. Those results shouldn't be too impressive, it's always the last 5 mph that are the hardest to get anyway. I'm no math whiz, but you have to quadruple the power to double the speed, if I remember that correctly. If this plane can break 100 in real life, and run well on just muffler pressure, the beauty of all this is that a .074 racing class could be developed that offers good speed for the least amount invested, with engines that are a piece of cake to operate. The .061 BIG MIG C/L version might respond the same way this engine did, with the right prop

BIPE, I think the early AMEs tarnished that lines' image enough that they should have tossed the name and called the next generation AME something else, like CYCLONE or FORACLONE, or something. The 2nd gen. AMEs still tend to suffer from the wrist pin area getting hot and this is where the compression seal is lost. The peened in pin method works to a certain level of rpm, but the AME would be a good engine if it was fitted with E-clips or a TEFLON button. NORVEL must figure that catering to the 1/2A performance crowd is a waste of time and a service head ache, as well as a liability to their good name. I think they could have put more effort into the AME and made it a solid performer for just $10 more per copy. Gouging on the piston adjacent to the wrist pin hole is the only way I've ever failed about a 1/2 dozen AMEs over the years.