Gerhard,

Your comments are interesting but hopelessly, hopelessly, wrong.

I wrote a glowing article on the PST (and JetCat 80, 120, 160, AMT Pegasus HP , Ram 500 and JPXs, I bought examples of all engines because they were good, very good. That is why I BOUGHT these engines, bought because I value quality above all else, except honesty and integrity. The little PST delighted me, so much I bought, BOUGHT with my OWN money, another and they are running beautifully. It is a gem which gives me great pleasure and I have handled more engines than most of you with thrust levels from 8 to 60,000 pounds.

I have yet to receive a free engine ( I did receive a JPX as a gift from JPX for a favour I did to Jaques Buchoux and his son which was nothing to do with model engines and was totally unexpected, that engine will never be sold) or commission (I wish, but in fact would not be accepted, I do not need to sell my integrity).I do pay trade prices for engines but with ten engines, from five manufacturers in my collection the small reduction helps offset my costs. It actually COSTS me to do a review for RCJI.

What concerns me is this : the T-500 is a RAM 500x and it received its approval without further test (ref. John Christensen FTE) even though parts are now manufactured by different companies and the engine is now marketed by a different company. However, when Wren wanted to change their distributor, even though the engine was identical to the example tested, AMA wanted a full, new assesment, quite different to the way FTE's engine was processed. That in my view is discrimination and WRONG !

I am sure FTE's engine is excellent (my purchased RAM 500 works beautifully ) but so is the Wren and that received very different treatment, that is what deeply concerns me.

I am NOT trashing the T-500, far from it, but I am highly crtitical of the way Wren have been treated and I am advised that the PST submission has been overly delayed for whatever reason.

Please step forward all of those manufacturers who pay me commision or supply free items, don't all rush now !

BRG,

David Gladwin