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Use a metal string to set the the control lever in operate position. The regulator spider in bottom is full speed all diesel goes to the injector. More up, diesel circulate in the pump, less goes to injector. Important that the flat spring goes out when turning the "screw" last in the video. That spring holds full gas when you bleed the fuel system and check the ignition timing.
Ira just wrapped up photographing the F18 Americas Championship, and I drove for her one of the days. Those things haul ass!!! We were in a 18 ft. rib with a 90HP, and to get ahead of these things or do a ride-along with them involved some moderate butt-pucker... down wind OR up wind. The other challenging thing as a photo-boat driver is figuring out their bail-out angles. I want to get close, but if then need to come down hard in a puff the change in direction is a good amount larger than what a mono would do (understandable as the range of apparent wind angles are broader because the range of boat speeds are also larger). It was a ton of fun playing out on the SF bay with these rocket ships!