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Matt, sounds as if this one will be ready to fly very soon.

Are you using the newer engine or the first one? Which header?

I am going to make another soft mount soon, in anticipation of getting a back-up plane/engine in the not-too-distant future. Hard to believe how well the first mount is holding up. The nose ring is also doing well, but I think I am going to have to line the inside of it with some smoke tube because it appears to be a rather significant source of noise. Although there's a fairly tight tolerance between the wood and metal, it doesn't take much to create a rattle when the engine is running.

I am thinking of a different approach to the carb noise and will say more about it here... IF it works.
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Hopefully weather permitting, this weekend. It's the new engine.... has run super; and just picked up the OS header so I'll use that. This time I will put a hole in the firewall and get the carb intake inside the plane.

Never was able to get the one flip starts everyone else is experiencing until this past weekend. That's really cool. Just like flipping a well tuned Webra against compression in warm weather.....I need to learn to do that every time

On the soft mount, I took the old mount I was using in Temptress apart last night just see what the damage was after 1500-1700 flights with the Webra 145 and 160 up front. I was pleasantly surprised too. I still had rubber tearing adhesion on the bands, which is as good as you can have. The mount essentially entered its 7th year of service this spring. It is practically identical construction