Also you need to consider, (I am a turbine CD), that if you want to fly at any sanctioned field or any sanctioned event here in country, you are going to have to get the waiver and take a flying test and sign an affidavit that you have flown a high perfomance aircraft for a certain number of flights.

You have been given good advice. You can look up requirements on the AMA site in the PDF Docs. Slow down here. I only fly turbine heli's and can only afford one. I would never consider flying a fixed wing turbine with my skills on planks, and I am a waiver cd. As a waiver CD, the most important thing I look for is awareness then ability. These things can be very, very dangerous if not treated properly and respected for the power they indeed posess.

I also noticed another thread that I haven't read yet about "cheapest" something or other. The jet world is not a place to look for the "cheapest" anything, but instead for the best product for the buck, safety, long term reliability, and the success of others. Big step to go to turbines, why skip the steps that make the flights successful?

I am not trying to burst your balloon, just make you step back and look at the whole forest, not just one tree.
Jack