Hi... Thought I'd just add my input to this thread... I'm training a fellow member and
he has the tower 46...About two gal. through it now.. Anyway out of the box the engine
ran great. After break-in we have set still a bit rich.. And she ran great, a bit slow on
transition but good, she always hesitated a bit at lift-off, and transistion lagged slightly
in flight... But she worked well, after a gal. she started to dead stick slightly after lift
off.. We were slowly leaning it out through out the flights.. Anyway we checked all,
clunk, tk., line, removed cleaned needle valve/carb, new plugs, he was running towers
so I gave him a new OS#8 etc.. But still the same.. It would run great on the table,
pinch test, nose up, transition all showed setting were on.. But the same results...?? We
have other members that have had the same results and yet the have some/same
members that have more than one just run great??.... IMO...

This hobby needs the Tower type engines... So when you do have a problem engine
let them know about it and send it back for a fix/replace.... Don't just set it somewhere,
Let's not get them to stop produceing it, but repair/replace and make them better..

My trainee bought my used LA46... so he could continue his landing training... But he
is sending the tower back.....