Hey, those shots look great! Seems like you're on the right track on that LOD thing  as far as the engine flaming out, I had the same thing and after reading the manual I think there's something about a power setting you cannot go past... If I remember correctly, you cannot be above 86% engine power for more than 10 min otherwise the engine will die. I'm not sure on the numbers but this was the issue. After respecting the correct power setting I was fine to fly. Hope this helps