JetCat P300 blew up with NO REFUND!!!
BEWARE OF JetCat and their products!
I never expected JetCat to treat me the way they did after being the owner of 8 of their engines.
Here is the story. I was at Baldin Michigan jets in June, trying to fly my big 1/5 scale mirage 2000 from aviation design with a P300 for the powerplan. Right before rotating for take off, the engine blew up in the middle of the runway. We rushed to the airplane and I saw the engine had split into two pieces with lots of bolts, pieces and selenoids in my fuselage. Three of my friends witnessed the incident, we took pictures and video was taken while it happened. My friend Dave Murry submitted all this information to JetCats and the engine itself. They had the engine for two plus months and they never reply, until we pressed them and they said the guarantee had expired by two months. The engine had only 12 flights for these 3 years and two months period and they offered me another brand new engine for $3000. When we received the engine we were missing all the accessories and they did not even replace the engine mount, therefore it is half of the engine. They sent me the blown up mount and the can, so the engine is not even worth $3000 without anything, therefore I did not accept. They had promise they would send a complete engine for that amount. I am out $6200 for the original engine, plus the $200 for shipping charges, and they wanted me to spend another $3000 plus the shipping so I told Dave to reject.
I do not want to deal with JetCat again and I will warn everyone around me in the jet community so they are aware of this unprofessional company.
See the attached pictures.
Nick Mitrakos