Hi Josef,

You are probably not alone. I remember picking up an issue of R/C Jet International magazine for the first time and having the same reaction. The 'inards' of jet models look most intimidating, whether its ducted fans or especially real turbine model engines. Definitely hold off on the latter for the time being. My first suggestion is make sure you have enough cash for this area of the hobby. The costs can mount like lightning. Once that's taken care of, get a hold of every RCJI magazine (Traplet Publications) you can muster, including back issues. Get a hold of videos of jet events or better yet attend one. You will see the difference in how the models fly from the propellered ones. Hopefully you can already fly a fast prop plane with ease. You might consider getting a second hand jet here on RCU. Some of them you'll find almost ready to fly for about 1000-1800 or so, an extremely good deal. Great Planes makes an RC simulator, where you can practice some of the characteristics of ducted fan flying. Also, continually surf this site. Every jet topic under the sun is covered here, by people who live and breath jet modeling. And before you know it, YOU will be an expert too.

Steve

PS: As I write this, there's a BVM Maverick Pro for sale at 1500 bucks. You'd have to do some hard searching to find a better first jet package.