...apart from the C word?

A dead stick in my opinion.

I maidened my Pulse XT 60 this morning and I, in my infinite wisdom decided to invert my Saito 1.00. This engine has ran flawless almost inverted in my Hellcat so I figured why not?

I tested it out on the ground and it ran well, no real problems at all. NOt so with the differing fuel tank levels between the 2 planes it seems. After about 5 minutes or so flying time the engine cut upwind! (I'm about 100ft max. So, I have to bring her in with a tail wind but this is my first ever dead stick (been flying since April 08) but this plane is a beauty and she came in with a better touch down than I normally manage with power

Anyway, tuned her a bit and took her up again, everything fine but after maybe 8-10 minutes (less aggressive throttle usage) I go inverted and the engine starts to cough and doesn't pick up, I turn her round trying to get downwind this time, but she dies, and I'm low and slow. No way I'm getting back to the field, I just try to put her into the corn field as gently as I can.

When I get to her, (I had to search using the servo sound as the corn is quite high.) She's almost sitting on the top of the corn, not a scratch, I'm just happy she's in one piece.

So, I guess I have to turn the engine back the right (wrong) way up and have this big assed engine out the top. I cut the cowling but I'd rather buy a new cowling than a new Pulse

I have to say, this ARTF is probably the nicest plane I've ever flown (and I'm new but I've flown quite a few).

What I don't get is why not cut out straight away, was it waiting until the fuel gets to a certain level in the tank? By that I mean the pressure change brought on the cut out of the engine.


Anyway, that's my maiden, always a stressful time for me but with a dead stick on top even more so