Making it work.

I put the used .25 on the first version of the Wild Thing but didn't have the APC propellers so I used wood ones. I went through a coupld needle valves as the one that came with the engine was very tight to turn. I finally settled on an original OS part and trie it with the wood props. I don't think it flew as well as it could and ordered some APC props. I made a metal tank for the plane and put that and one of the APC's on the engine. It ran better but the tank just didn't work well enough so at home I re installed the plastic tank and one of the larger APC props for the next session.I have experiance with the larger prop and it works well on another plane. I also put a sleeve in the venturi to reduce the choke area and that helped a bit. With the morning low temps in the high 70's and the dew point close by I only get two or three flights in before it gets too warm.

Test and tune.

I finally got a second LA .25 engine for the first "Wild Thing" that I built. I made such a mess ot this plane trying to get the first .25 engine to run in a way it didn't want to. When I finally followed the advise I was getting the engine ran like it was designed to. This plane was so modified that I found it quicker to build a second copy than to un do all the stuff I did to this one. After getting the second plane flying I tackled the first one and got it back to where it was in the first place. All I had for it was an O.S. FP .20 engine. It was enough to fly the plane but now as well as the .25 so I put out a Mayday call for another. The second copy with the .25 got me a first place finish in the profile event at the last contest I went to which is why I wanted another .25 for the other plane. I did some changes to the needle valve asm. and got it installed into the plane today. I hope to fly it tomorrow.

Handle.

A fix.