My HOR made its first flights yesterday. About time, since we've been putting kits together for friends, and selling them at cost. I'm sure some of 'em were getting worried that they were buying an unflyable pos. Flies great, BTW.

Problem is, I'm gonna have trouble keeping my Magnum from exceeding the 17,500 RPM limit in SSC. With a brand new, piston and liner, on 5% fuel, it was turning 16,800, running rich. It's only going to get stronger, and I'm sure it's going to top out close to 18,000.

How do I slow it down to meet tech inspection? Granted, I'll probably be doing the tech inspections myself because I'm the club expert on SSC, but I want to be fair...

If I richen the engine, it'll still peak out when the fuel line is pinched. The only possibility is to go to 0% nitro, as far as I can see, but I'm not sure that'll help much.