Well, I WAS going to maiden today but a serious problem has developed. I started up the Moki a couple of days ago but just to make sure it ran as I bought it used but I didn't really mess with it a lot. It Idled good, was a bit sluggish on transition and what I thought was really fat on top end. No problem I thought, I'll finish the plane and fine tune it later. I used Bubba's suggestion of 1/8 tubing on the feed and standard tubing from the Pitts muffler to pressurize the tank. I have a simple set up with a two line tank running the fill/feed through a Dubro Quik filler. I was very wrong! It's not fat on top end, it's starving for fuel. It starts fine and transitions pretty good but falls flat on top and dies after a couple of seconds and then will not restart without a lot of prime. It actually runs a lot better at 1/2-3/4 stick but the head is really hot. I'm using 5% nitro Wildcat fuel as recomended. It was getting late so I plugged one exaust tube on the muff and tried again, better but still to lean on top. Guess I'll have to break down and pump it. Bad thing with that is it will require a total disassembly of the tank and cutting out the plywood tray that holds the receiver and battery. This will be a BEEOTCH as I really beefed up the plate with 1/4"hardwood square stock apoxied to the sides and then the plate apoxied to them. The tank is in the stock position and endsup about 9" behind the motor but as you all know with this model it ends up well below the carb. NOT looking forward to this!

If anyone has any sugestions on pumps and set up or, even better a fix I can try and not have to go through this It would be really appreciated.

Thanks in advance,
Rod