I'm not happy yet with my 53, maybe I just got a dog... It's powerful, but the transition has a stumbling hesitation that makes entering a low hover pretty exciting. I've tried to clean up the transition with the low end needle, but when I go in enough to get a clean transition it sags lean at 1/3 throttle while hovering.

I've tried both 10% Omega and 5% Powermaster, it's pretty much the same story with either.

I noticed that I can't kill the engine on low trim, even with the barrel fully closed. I've pulled the carb and used some Permatex RTV to seal around the pinch bar, barrel stop screw, and o-ring areas, I'm hoping that I'll be able to get it to run better and be able to kill it with low trim, but if it doesn't come around pretty soon I'm gonna replace it.

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