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Initial start of a brand new DLE-111. Before the video starts, I had set the throttle closed and choke on, then rocked the prop till fuel was in the carb. The video starts with the first flip of the prop with the ignition on.

First flip is with the choke on and the throttle at about 10%. After the pop, I took the choke off, flipped several times, choke on, flip till pop, choke off and start. Once it was running, I moved around to the port side of the engine, about 10 feet behind and 30 deg to port. You hear the engine slow as it drop the throttle trim to check the low idle point. Now it is time for the first run up. Transition was not bad considering this engine was new in the box and never run be fore this video. Was just about to throttle down and... Well, the video speaks for itself.

This is why safety is important kids. Video camera was on a tripod and I was well back from the test stand.

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I saw 2 DLE50's go bad within a year of flying and was less than a gallon ran through it. I personally owned a DL50 and flew it for a month and it exploded. I went with Desert Aircraft engines and never had an engine failure or explosion or customer service problem. It took me about a year to save up to buy a DA100. I'm not trying to presude you to buy a DA but some of the mfg of these engines want to sell you an engine and get your money and not care about you the customer.