RE: Alpha 40 (RTF) Engine placement angle?
Ken's correct here, just the slightest nudge to the right should do it. I would put theoffset in a trainer because I see too many new flyers try to lift these planes off too soon and wind up torque rolling them, sometimes pretty badly.
I have this plane and have found that their LSN needs to be cut back to pretty lean to avoid the kind of deadsticking problem you had, assuming the engine has already been broken in a little bit and the high speed setting is slightly rich.