Well the flights went as well as can be expected today with the weather. The weather hear in Phx has been like Tucson, windy every weekend. The only good thing about that is, the temp has really been nice. Only about 78 today. So instead of getting much flying in, the BBQ was cooking Italian sausage and we did a bunch of bench flying. Will try again next week.
As for the Evo starting is not a problem, first or second flip with or without a tongue muffler. I'm using the small venturi with an OS RC needle assembly with the needle on the bottom. I have this same setup on a Ukie running a 10x6 APC and it works great. Right now on this plane I'm running the 10.5 x 4.5 because that's what I had laying around.
Leonard