ORIGINAL: key west
@easytiger
how can you say that the Typhoon engine is double the cost of the jetjoe? Concerning to the jetjoe homepage the price is 1450 us$ with all the parts that are included in the Typhoon package. So there is only a small diference but you get a proven good engine that is fine also for beginners. And if you compare it to a p80, you compare apples with bananas, I am sure you know that. ( weight size fuelconsumption...)
$600 difference. A big difference to some guys. No big deal to others.
But if you took a JJ manual start version, that would be $1000 or so. Half.
Anyway, you pays your money and you takes your chances, but the fact still remains that it's still substantially less than any other engine, except used ones.