Flew all day today on eitherless- actually about 3 hours flying time. I was the only one at the field which was nice because it took alot of landing and adjusting to get things perfect. The engine definetly runs colder in the air than on the ground so you have to adjust more compression to get it right in the air. It will start by hand but it is alot esier with the starter. I warm the cylinder for about 15 - 30 seconds with the plumbers torch.

It runs about 3 minuets per OZ or about 30 min. for the 10 OZ tank.
Idle should be kept about 3,000 RPM for reliability.

When I finally got everthing adjusted right I could do touch and goes and land and taxi back and take of again over and over no problems. I could let the engine idle and even fuel it back up without ever shutting it down ( I have a seprate fueling line )

Sometimes when starting it actualy liked a little less compression other wise it would do that stop on TDC routine. The compression settings are much more sensative than with either but when it's right it's great. If it starts and runs and then stops I found that choking it till it warmed up will keep it running. It really needs to be rich to keep going if it is cold.
It was about 60 - 65 deg. F. today. I don't know if it will run so well on cold days - we'll see.

The plane would have stayed perfectly clean if there wasn't a bit of a leak at the mufler joint. I have a tube running to the tail for the exaust. If I can just get the mufler seal perfectly that will be the icing on the cake.

Thanks Andy for your expiramentation and inparation and for the Amsoil cetane boost tip!