Thank you John, very kind of you. I debated whether should sneak in around a corner so no one could see the trail of electron falling off behind me lest they all go running. But I can no longer kneel, even to put batteries into a plane. So I bring a collapsable x frame with me and have the plane at standing height to put the battery in or do any work needed. I can start a glow model on it to then set it for launch. I no longer fly off a stooge and have a partner to launch so this will be no issue. But the real key is that after 20 years of flying electric I am homesick for the sound. I like the smell of course. But my numb hands make handling small electric components impossible to handle. I cannot feel anything smaller than a #8 bolt and nuts that size are really tough for me to hold. So can also work with no electric wiring or connectors to fit in a narrow fuse. Maybe thats all rationalization for flying glow a bit, at least a try for one season. Also have some motors I always wanted to try on a stunter but got sidetracked into helping Rick Sawicki and Dennis Adamisin as electric developed. But I am physically unable to fly competitively any longer in any class, don't think they will let me go back to beginner... but that pattern would be flyable for me. And,well, I still want to try some more building development with carbon fiber structures, so need to build but have no need for another electric plane, so glow. It's all rationalization after all anyway.
Now to the real problem...Anyone found this manual for the Avistar 61. I got the one on the smaller motors but in the .61 its supposedly a modern motor and I question the recommendation with the smaller motors in their manual that recommends 50% castor in the fuel. Most ore modern motors in rc use less or no castor in the fuel. I am ok using castor, though I do not like the mess, question when the smaller ones and the .61 were developed if the .61 should be running more modern fuel. So I just want to know the recomendation from the factory pm this.
bob