I think if you buy a Jet Joe from Gabe, as long as he is around, he's going to help you get it running right. So far, they appear to be coming along as a contender for the entry level turbine.

I have built and flown a lot of jets. Some were better than I expected, and some were just never what I had hoped for. Some things I buy and use in this hobby, I have regretted, and some things I don't want to be in this hobby without!

I bought one of those Facon 120's cause someday I want to build a turbine just to prove a 250 dollar jet will fly good. It might end up a smoking hole in the ground. Such is life.

Do I think you're taking a chance buying a jet joe? Ya, I personally do. Could the chance pay out with tons of great flights, sure it could.

As for the mouse in my Pocket, everyone knows Bob will go half way around the country to help a friend, he's done it more than once. So I guess "round here" applies to me

You should dump the Futaba, but what the hell do I know............[8D]