Ed, glad you got to fire up the new engine and fly!

Unfortunately, I was not able to fly the Focus yesterday because of snow cover remaining at Black Dirt. Had to go to work this afternoon, so I was only able to fly a small nitro plane locally this morning. What a waste of nice weather, ugh.

How was your soft mount without the nose ring? I assume you are anticipating the Syssa nose ring protoype for the Prestige... Will it work with a stand-alone cowl like the Focus has, or must it be used with a chin-cowl design?