Okay... I'm back, and happy to say that the maiden flight was a success. I was quite nervous and my heart was pumping through my chest because it's been about 5 years since I last flew. On top of that, it was my first ever time taking a plane up that has never flown before so I had no idea what to expect.

My first flight I did about 5 or 6 take off landings along with some circuits and procedure turns.

MAN, I CAN'T BELIEVE I STOPPED FLYING FOR SO LONG IT'S SO EXCITING!

My second tank was a little different. I did a few more take off/landings and I started getting much more comfortable again so I through in a roll. The plane seemed to really struggle rolling, in fact, I had to put it into a slight climb. I don't remember my old Eagle 2 being that sluggish but I also had a .46 OS on that so maybe that was the difference.

Well after the roll, I did another couple landings and they were getting a lot smoother (I was just floating onto the ground). I got up enough nerver to go for a loop. I maid it to about a 45 degree angle and I realized there wasn't enough power to do it, so I bailed out. I climbed up quite high and I turned down wind and decended (fast) to gain speed to try another loop. I got to a verticle position and boom, the engine quit and was forced to dead stick it. It came in nicely, I fired it up again and richened the mixture, this time on the ground I put it into a full verticle (not just a 45 degree) to make sure that it wasn't going to quit on me again. I took off, did half a circuit and boom, the engine quit again. I was forced to do another dead stick I figured I ran out of gas this time. It survived and I decided to call it a night. After I took off the wings I noticed that there was still about 5/8 of a tank of fuel. Huh?

I go through all this because I have taken another picture and I was wondering what you guys think. Do you think the problem of the engine quitting could be caused because the fuel feed is looping too high (above the top of the cylinder head)?

And... I'm thinking I might need to change the prop? I have a 10x6 on it now but I have an 11x5 in my kit. That should give it more "pulling" power right? Should I change it?

Mike31: Thanks for the suggestion, but I will never buy another Super Tiger. I bought a .45 about 6 years ago and I spent about 15 hours trying to tune that thing. I had the *pros* at the field trying to tune it for me (VERY experience precision flyers) and the thing would never run for a full tank. EVERY single time up, it would dead stick on my.

As for the spinner, I'm looking to spend as little as possible at this moment and I already had the weights so I figured I would just do that.