I did that with my boats! I'd fill my bathtub with water and do a quick tune in,so I can finish breaking in the boat that the pond.[8D]I run my boat and hit the throtle three times at three seconds at full throtle and see if the boat dies out,if so I'd adjust the highspeed needle to alittle richer and do that over again untill it quits dieing on me.Then I'm ready to break the motor in at the pond. This posses that I'd done helps me on less boat dies outs=les boat retrival=more fun=more run times!!