As far as running the engine, I just want to run it since its been 3 years. There are no noise ordinances in my neighborhood. I can probably go in the back yard and run the engine and anyone around might just think I am running a weeder.

My membership has lapsed at my local club. I am coming back from a nearly 4 year hiatus and am in the process of getting my trainer airworthy again and finishing up a couple other airplanes I have in various states of build. I am very tight on money at the moment b/c I got laid off from my last job at the end of 2008. I've been in school full time finishing my CPA and won't be done until the first week in Feb 2010 or so, at which point I'll go look for a job. I am looking to rejoin AMA and my local club sometime in the spring.

For now, I just want to run the engine for a couple tanks, get a new battery installed, check all the servo connections, replace the fuel lines, etc so that in a few months when I am ready to start R/C'ing again, I can just head out and fly.

I've also got a .25 motor that I bought used and have only run it once - it didn't run that well. I need to troubleshoot this thing because I plan on strapping it to a .25 size Cub soon.