Breaking in engine?
 

What is the procedure for breaking the engine?
What is the necessary equiptment to do it?
New to r/c, starting w/helis...

Breaking in engine?
 

If your engine can take a propeller I would break in the engine on a test stand.

Use a 9-6 for a .30, an 11-6 for a .46 and a 12-6 for a 60.

I don't know how to break in an engine in the heli itself other than maybe to strap the heli to some cinder blocks and run up the engine that way.

Breaking in engine?
 

Everyone in my club including myself break in our engine on the heli. Make sure your mixure is running rich with plenty of smoke. Your worst enemy during breakin is heat. Using a heat gun or heat monitor, richen your mixture until the temp of the head is below 120 degrees F.

During the breakin process, don't force the heli around in extreem 3D manouvers nor punch a hole in the sky. Just hover and slow forward flight with slow turns. Don't overspeed the engine. Hover for a few minutes, then let the heli idle on the ground for about 1minute, then hover again.

If you don't have a way to measure the temp, another way to test it would be to see how hot the output bearing on the shaft is. This is the part of the crankcase closest to your fan. If it's hot to the touch, richen your mixture. It should just be warm during the breakin process.

I'd also avoid breaking in the engine during 95+ degree weather, but that's just me... Others have done it in the past.