RE: Question of ethics . . . needle valve tool
I've had 2C engines mounted inside cowls where the HS needle valve didn't even extend outside the cowl. If I needed a change to the setting, I shut off the engine to do it.
Really people, you may need to change the setting once when you first fire up, and often not even then unless there have been big changes in setup or atmospheric conditions
Few things tick me off as much as chronic needle tuners.