Wait a minute, let me clarify, I'm not busting this engines nuts at all nor am I saying anything about being first on the block. Nor is this my engine and in fact it will be back in my possesion next week to give it another go.
As far as me owning one, I can't say that will ever happen. I've not seen an airframe yet that does anything for me that could run on a 12 to 14 lb turbine, well maybe my old Kangaroo, but I was flying that on 28lb of thrust. I typically fly at better than 1:1 because that's what I personally like.
I believe the engine itself was good with a bad sensor or programming issue, put a new sensor, or wave some magic magnet and the thing might be fine.
Again, I'm not an engine technician, so I can't speak on what parts are from where, I was told this was a Jet Joe engine. I've bought other brands and never thought to ask nor have I ever cared where the parts came from, that's none of my business.
ORIGINAL: EASYTIGER
All true.
I did NOT have that expectation when I bought mine, but nobody else had one, I figured I might have just tossed over a thousand bucks to the winds. But I knew what I was getting into. It's painful out there on the bleeding edge. Bob Parks once told me(when I was about to buy one of the first R500s) that you do NOT want to be the first kid on the block with a new turbine!
But this particular one, it was second hand? It has been played around with? It's one of the earliest ones?
At any rate, since you don't own it, and don't want to mess with it(I can understand that) and it appears to be a second hand engine anyway, with unknown modifications(correct me if I am wrong on that), I guess that the above posts will constitute the entirety of your experience. Maybe in a few years, you will want to give jetjoe another chance when they are proven more.
Any more JetJoe OWNERS out there who want to give their experiences?