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Originally Posted by recoilfx
Regrading 2:
It's probably that you stayed on the ground for too long before taking off. Remember, radiators don't really work when air isn't going through them.
So even though you had them open, there just wasn't enough time to cool the engine down when you finally took off.
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Actually, I'm willing to bet that since the OP didn't know how to set prop pitch, he was over revving the engine. Make sure ATA guage stays under 2500 ATA. You can briefly go over but prolonged periods would result in exactly what you described. I usually keep ata between 2300 and 2400 ATA.
-Gollum
