Here's how my day went yesterday. I was able to maiden my CMPro Extra 330L, and it is one hell of a plane. I had a blast flying it. The wind was a little strong today (13-19mph), and made approaches a little hairy. I flew twice and had great success on both. On the second flight however, I lost power (engine was still running, but not nearly what it should have been), and didn't know why, so I landed. As soon as the plane touched down, the engine died. It turns out I blew my glow plug?? It is a brand new engine/plug, so I figured I had it a bit to lean. I took her up a third time, and it seemed like she bogged again so I came in for an emergency landing (my wife said it sounded fine). I didn't want to risk a deadstick, especially in that wind, so I brought her down as best I could. The approach was horrible, and I knew the landing was going to be bumpy. Long story short, i ended up landing in the grass, and there are a bunch of potholes in it (this is the first time I have flown at that field, and didn't realize just how deep the potholes were). When my wheels touched down, my left gear hit a pot hole and collapsed. I was pretty bummed to have a successful maiden, and a "crash" all in one day. I figured it was better to do a "controlled" emergency landing rather than test my luck at circling again. Well, it turns out that my glow plug was just fine, and I psyched myself into thinking the glow plug blew again. I was really bummed when I found this out. Oh well, it could have been soooo much worse. I have already fixed the gear, and she is ready to fly again. Before I do that, I want to figure out what is wrong with the engine if anything.

I assume that I was lean, and this is why my plug blew (wire burnt). Do you guys have any other idea's or suggestions for me so I don't run into it again? The engine is a OS .61fx and I am running a 12x6 prop on it. I run 15% nitro in it. I did rich-en up engine on the third flight, but it still seemed to me to have lost power after 3 or 4 minutes.