Found a jet engine? Were I so lucky.

I approached Wren Turbines of the UK several years ago about this very subject. They were very supportive and said they'd give me
all the help I needed.

[link=http://www.wrenturbines.co.uk/]Wren Turbines[/link]

They make a series of small engines in particular their helicopter version [link=http://www.wrenturbines.co.uk/engines/helicopter/wren-44-helicopter]Wren 44 Helicopter[/link] That I felt might be the most suitable for use in a Abrams type tank. Since that model would be so large I felt 1/8 scale may be sufficient. At the time I really wanted to pursue this project and had set a rather lofty budget. Not being really much into current armor I soon cooled on that project. Later I thought how intriguing would the idea be to do what the Germans
only had on paper: a Tiger II powered by a turbine! Again it would have required a large scale, 1/8 may have worked, but outside of
my favored scales I am not too willing to venture so I let the idea go.

Wren is certainly not the only manufacturer and certainly not the least costly but they have a wealth of experience and produce a well
thought of quality product.

You will be in for a lot of precise machine work my friend. Rid yourself of any ideas that you could slap together any jet engine and a
'tranny from bubba's RC off-road truck'. There used to be a customer photo gallery section on Wren's site but I see they no longer have it
or it may be I just could not locate it. In that gallery they once had photos of owner's creations including turbine powered model trains
and the like. Extremely well engineered stuff.

The price for the Wren 44 Turbine? ~$ 5,000 , Suitable tank? probably another $3-4,000.

That will keep you in a lot of Heng Long, Tamiya and Hoobens ....

I don't know your particular situation financially and skill set but I'd suggest aiming a bit lower for your first RC tank. Even if you
have the finances and skill set.....

Jerry