Finally got home from my Germany trip and first visit to Jet Power. A few observations for those who have not attended, particularly those on this side of the pond.
Jet Power is actually two simultaneous events. One is a vendor/trade show for RC jet enthusiasts and the other is an RC airshow for the general public. It makes economic sense to combine the two but it does create crowd issues for parking and in the display tents, particularly when it rains.
The trade show is fantastic for us jet guys and almost overwhelming with the number of jet, turbine and accessory vendors in attendance. The jet scene in Europe and Germany in particular is much larger than I realized. There are several jet and turbine manufacturers I have never even heard of. I have also never seen such a nice selection of small accessories like Festo fittings and other small hardware that numerous booths had for sale.
It wasn’t so great for buying other stuff due to VAT issues, inability of at least some vendors to take credit cards and I didn’t see that many “show specials”, except for some of the display jets.
I particularly enjoyed getting to meet and talk with some RCU folks like MarcS and Dave Wilshire and also manufacturers like Gaspar and the Demon Cortex rep. Also had a really nice conversation with the guys at AZ Aerosport. Not sure what their connection is with EA Aerosports here in the US but they’ve got the same logo and they had several Havocs on display.
Anyhow, here are a few pictures I took. Some are duplicates of others posted but I also tried to include a little more of the whole scene.
Craig