All sounds good, the plane is equipped with a remote glow driver, but it certainly sounds like I should get a bigger engine. Still haven't made up my mind about the engine position. One thing is certain, the fuel hose plug is way above the carb throat when the tank is mounted. There is a hole in the firewall and the fuel tank plug fits in the hole when the tank is mounted all the way forward. Don't even need to measure to see that it is mounted way to high in that configuration. Might be as simple as attaching longer fuel line and moving the tank back a little, keeping the tank plug out of the hole, which would lower it significantly. Will just have toi experiment with it. What % of nitro fuel are you using? I'm using 10%.