No worries mates.

In the world of ARF jets, we have many, many larger fiberglass, complicated, performance, and scale jets dominating the market. Maybe that's what sells. But watch at the next jet meet what a lot of guys fly when they first arrive, want to chill out, or fly close to sundown, etc. Some of us call them beater jets, trainers, everyday flyers, or whatever. They appeal to our desire for a simpler, reliable flying jet we can almost relax with. At least for me.

The Turbinator also fits a relatively new "aerobatic jet" type of flying that more designers should consider. Properly powered, this kind of jet is just as happy flying a "Shui" routine as it is speeding around the circuit when the skies are full of airplanes at a meet. Then if need be it handles slow flight so well, you can limber up the thumbs with multiple touch and goes. A properly trained pilot should easily be able to earn a turbine waiver yet have a sport plane that performs for all time. Nick Ziroli's genius is all over this design. You don't see more out there because few people will build. But that will change with this ARF. By the way, Shulman has sold out of the yellow ones already.

Plywood and balsa jets are light, relatively inexpensive, easy to repair, and strong. There could be an argument that they are no more labor for maunufacturers than designing plugs, molds, and pulling glass.
These jets will sell. Some guys won't admit the appeal because they aren't heavy metal jets. I'll bet they said that about Boomers too.

We need more jets just like this.

Cheers,
Chris