If you are looking into getting into the hobby, chances are you are visiting your local flying fields. As you do, take note of who is constantly working on setting up their engine on the ground and who is constantly flying without any engine problems. Stay away from the fiddling engine expert on the ground and find out what the guy who is getting all the airtime is using - they buy what he has and ask him to help you set up your engine. You can make any engine run reliably - the trick is sorting out those who can do it from those who say they can do it.

Dan