The plier marks are mine.

Maybe all is not lost, the transition seems ok. But then again I'm pretty new at this. I let it idle for 30 seconds then went to WOT and it didn't bog.

It starts right up, I just touch the prop with the electric starter and off it goes.

Again though, I'm very new to tuning (or anything else related to glow engines for that matter.)

I paid $25 for it.

As far as the power goes, I'm sure there are bigger and better engines out there, but this is only my second SPAD and first combat plane. I don't need to win, I just need to get up there and play a little.

The plane is 3lbs 9 3/4 oz. Is this motor enough for that?