Hi guys, After looking into this subject and your kind responses, my thought process now is :-

1) concentrate on ground setting first

a) get her going and have a flight, warm up so to speak
b) refuel - start her up and take her to idle and try the pinch test

if she accelerates allot and holds and then dies- shes rich so lean her off at the idle screw
If she dies pretty quickly - shes lean so richen up the idle screw
If she accelerates a little and then dies pretty quick I'm about right.

2) Take her up and see what happens.

a) if the pickup is still poor in the air in comparison to on the ground, I will take the point that the engine is "unloading" and so I will need to richen up the idle screw.

b) if shes fine then I will be over the moon and I can practice hovering until I get too cocky and trash the plane at my toes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rather than go straight to step 2, the field where I fly isn't great on dead sticks so I am airing on the side of caution.

My bet is in theory from what I've gathered is that I will need to set up the idle on the pretty rich side whilst on the ground, as I am convinced she is leaning out allot in the air. The pick up is not a slobbering one but a big hesitation( almost no noise), deep breath and then flat out. An engine cant accelerate without fuel so I don't think shes getting enough.

Hey as you say patience and perseverance but I learned allot from you guys.

I'll try at the weekend