johnnycrash

I had to wait 2-3 months for my kit to come in and I suspect they can still be made to your order. I would E-mail the manufacturer before you give up. I bought my kit about a year and half ago as a replacement to one I had bought second hand. The wings from mark1 were OK and I was so impressed by its flight that I bought the kit. The current kit has been redesigned for turbine use and is much better. The intakes have been slightly reduced and the structure greatly cleaned up. I fly mine on a Jet Central Bee with a Wren 54 thrust pipe. The large intakes give a sort of "super charge" effect at high speed. It is very spectacular in flight. People keep asking what engine I have in it and can not believe it is only a Bee. If you were to fit a Wren S.Sport it would be quite ballistic. Price-wise it is a third of the Flash etc.

The trick for good turbine performance is shoe-horning a decent sized tank in before you start - then fit the engine and avionics. I managed a 3 litre water bottle. I rather doubt you can fit a fan system and then transfer to turbine as you would have to gut it cutting away all the substructure for the fan and install the sub- structure for the turbine. The epoxy fuselage is very thin and light and gutting it would be very delicate and difficult. Structurally I would stiffen the central hatch with a small bit of carbon tube. Without it, the internal pressure is so great that it blows the hatch off (Yes- even with a Bee)! The heavy duty Spring Air u/c performs OK. Hope this helps.