Don,

Other than replacing some hardening brittle airlines over many years, I have not had any retract issues. I always install two large airtanks for doors and retracts and pressure to 120lbs before take off, on all my jets. The large air volume and high pressure has never let me down. The paint work on my jet is perfect.

I believe your level of satisfaction with this kit will be directly related to your level of building and construction experience with proper planning for your final result. The best outcome is to have all your basic access through the nose section and the engine hatch. All other components will be under the cockpit interior and servicing access should be planned from the beginning. The fitting of all basic components like tanks, turbine, bypass, tail pipe and servo's are no problem. All the rest will require your ingenuity and taking cg, system type and prefight access into account.

I enjoyed putting my T-33 together as it was not as much work as a basic builders kit, but it was great to do more than just assembling another ARF.

Regards,

JanR