Ahhhh, Les. Love you like a brother--which means you oughten not to point out places whut would be better off left in the dark.
So here's a longer bit of the story: I got the first two flights since some people have mistaken me for a pilot in the past. I can't be responsible for other people's poor judgment. Both times it ran about 10-12 laps with the first half dozen or so normal, and then a deteriorating run quality until the tank was empty at lap twelve. I went and purchased a piece of sheet metal stock from Claudia, the Pizza Lady (she sells pizza, drinks and chips at the field) and proceeded to cut and form an exhaust deflector that had a prefinished Mountain Dew logo on it. Mike drilled out holes for mounting it on the backplate and we were back in the air in ten minutes. After that, perfect engine runs. I think I took another couple flights, then Mike gave the handle end of things a try while I embarrassed myself flipping, then we switched back and tried some back to back pitting. Good fun. It was supposed to be 99F out, but on the asphalt, it is a bit hotter....
Since I was mostly the pilot guy, I counted laps. I don't recall the times that Mike got. He wasn't leaning on the needle too hard since the engine is new. So speeds and lap counts wouldn't mean much yet.
McDivot
"The southrun half of the Canned Ham Racing Team"
PS--I haven't seen the new TwoSeeN yet. I think shipping from the Ukraine is screwed up from the corona. When we get our grubbies on it, we'll let you know.