My PS12 went through it's first full race weekend this past sat. and sun. at the SWCS race at the new RCRCNT facility (home of the TX Biggie) in Ft. Worth, TX. I ran it with 20% fuel, an Nelson plug and a NovaMega TP06 pipe with their conical header in my 710. It went very well and the engine performed like a champ. The engine temps never went out of control while operating upwards of 250F at times. I'm amazed at how well this engine dissipates heat. It's allows you to run pretty lean needle settings compared to what I've experienced with Nova based engines. The PS12 never blew a plug and never flamed out during racing. It had speeds similar to some of the modified engines despite a disadvantage in 701 gearing (I think I need to work on the clutch too) compared to MTX3's and a Kyosho. I think that's pretty impressive for a 2nd prototype. I'm sure we'll find more speed as we learn more about the engine.

It's power helped me qualify 2nd for the Amain. Unfortunately the A didn't go as well as qualifying but it wasn't the engines fault. I had a bad start and worked by way up from 9th to battle for 2nd before my 1st gear stipped out on the 710 with 5 or 6min. to go. Luckily I was far enough ahead that I still finished 5th overall. The engine had great fuel mileage and I was able to go for 7min. in my first stint. Apparently I started using more throttle since I ran out of fuel between 6 and 7min. on the second stint so we changed pit strategy to 6min. stints after that.

Thanks for the great design TG!!