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Old 07-12-2006 | 04:18 AM
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Default Some startup trouble

This'll be an easy question for the vets around this forum.

I have a fuel tank with my kit. I understand how to place it in the plane and how to keep it in there. What I don't understand is how do I set up the stopper and all these metal tubes? Here's what I have:

1 fuel tank
1 stopper with 4 holes. (1 in the middle and 3 outter holes)
2 plastic thingys. One is about the size of the small end of the stopper and has all the same holes as the stopper, the other one is a little larger, almost the same size as the other end but I have no idea what to do with them either.
3 metal rods. (2 shorter ones and 1 longer one)
1 plastic tube with a metal weight at the end (I assume this goes inside the tank to suck fuel)

Other questions I have:

1. Please give me a link for a great propeller for a beginner who is a real newb with a LUCKY STAR 40 plane. .46 2c glow motor. I guess they don't come with the kit???
2. I don't have a hobby store near me. Please try to help instruct me on how to mix my own fuel and where I can buy the components.
3. The motor has never been run before. What's a good way to test her out and get her warmed up? Should I use different fuel for that?
4. Please don't tell me to join a flight school That's what most people answer but I'm just in the building stage and the flight school near me (in China) is a rip off. $600 a year membership fee. I will eventually join a GOOD ONE, but I just need this info now, I'm not going to fly it at all, just run the engine and build it.

Thanks in advance, you guys are great!