"the break in bible"

[Nu-Moo]

Not sure how much a gallon is exactly but after today, just got back from final run in maybe, Ive dont 1 litre and a half roughly... its screaming off its tits!!
One of the guys from the track said its tuned roughly to 85% and thats fast enough for me for now. I hope I did it correct? Nothing seems to be going wrong, in my mind anyway...

[WingWrecker]

Originally Posted by Nu-Moo

Not sure how much a gallon is exactly but after today, just got back from final run in maybe, Ive dont 1 litre and a half roughly... its screaming off its tits!!
One of the guys from the track said its tuned roughly to 85% and thats fast enough for me for now. I hope I did it correct? Nothing seems to be going wrong, in my mind anyway...

Good. Keep it on the rich side until you've got about 4 quarts of fuel through it. Most will agree that an engine is not fully broken in until then. You'll notice a change once the engine loses it's pinch. Temps will suddenly go down and tuning will stay consistent.

[Nu-Moo]

This engine is a beast, goes hard and getting better and better with each run. Its hard to turn over at times though, I think because the engine is still a little tight. Even after I heat her up the flywheel gets stuck sometimes and by the time I get it running my starter box is out of battery. Ive been told to put 2 flat packs in to get 14v instead of using the 12v battery, even better still put a lippo in... Im thinking of adding a lippo in sometime this week.
All in all, Im a happy man with my new hobby and set up ofcourse...

[WingWrecker]

Get the lipo for sure. The NiMH packs wear out quick as well. And yup your pinch is still there and once that goes away, the temps will go down as well and it's considered fully broken in.

Have fun!

[mattwoodcraft]

i will be running my new nova plus 4 in this way , i will assume that no matter what the make of the motor that this is the suggested way ?

[SteveP]

Yes, that's correct.