Of course you can run it yourself. Running the engine is not the problem. It's what hearing that engine running will do to you as you sit there wanting to put it in the air.

First of all, the OS 46 AX is a two stroke or a two cycle engine. A four stroke has.. well, four strokes: Intake, Compression, Power, and Exhaust. Each happen in half strokes of the engine. A full four stroke cycle takes two revolutions of the crank shaft.

A two stroke does everything in one revolution of the crankshaft. You can google two cycle or two stroke vs. four cycle or four stroke engines and get a complete description of what they are and how they work.

As far as starting your new engine is concerned, you will be surprized at how quickly it starts and how well it runs right out of the box. First, carefully read the instructions regarding starting the engine. What I usually do for the first start of a new engine is this:

First of all, secure the aircraft so that it WILL NOT roll after you start the engine. You can do that by tying a light line (not string) from the rear to something you have driven into the ground so that it will not move.. a foot long wooden tent stake would be fine. Wrap the rope or line around the horizontal stab and attach that to the stake. Pull the plane until the line is taught (but not till you pull off the horizontal stab).
1. Carefully rotate the high speed needle valve (that's the one on the left side of the carb that you had to install yourself) all the way in or rotate it clockwise until it stops. Don't force it.
2. Turn it out 2 1/2 turns.
3. DO NOT hook up your glow driver yet.. make sure you have attached both the fuel supply and the muffler pressure tubes to the fuel tank.
4. Turn on your TX and RX. Push the throttle to full open using your radio. Put your finger over the carb intake (the large hole at the top) to stop air from coming in, and rotate the prop by hand 3 to 5 revolutions, or until you see fuel flowing in the tubing leading to the carb. Close the throttle to full closed.
5. Attach your glow driver.
6. Open the throttle only a small amount, only enough to see that the throttle intake is open a very small amount.
7. Using an electric starter, or a chicken stick (not your fingers!!!!) flip the prop.. looking at it from the front, you will flip it to YOUR left.

After a few flips it will start.

Follow the instructions in the manual as to how much mixture to use.. it should be blubbering rich for the first couple of tank fulls.. don't be afraid to run it up to full throttle after it warms up for about a minute after starting.. run it up to full slowly but let it go to full and run it there for about a minute, then run it back to idle for about 20 seconds, then back to full for a minute.

After a few cycles of this full to idle to full... run it to full throttle then slowly close the needle valve until it peaks out in RPM. Let it run there for about 10 seconds then run it back to blubbering rich operation. You will definitely see the difference as you do this, but don't run it full throttle for long until you are finished with a couple of tank fulls of fuel.

After this, you should be fine, but when flying it, run it on the rich side of lean.. you should see a smoke trail when flying the plane.

Best of luck with finding a field. There are several Ausies on here that are very nice people and will work with you in finding a place to fly, even if it isn't in your direct area.

CGr