Hey,

True most warbirds do have retracts and flaps (scale or semi scale ones). Not all gas engine airplanes do though. Also, operating brakes while trying to land is not necessarily as easy as you think unless you have tried it. The aircraft flight is definitely not finished when you need brakes on a Jet. The flight is finished when you have regained ground control. Tell the guys who roll their jets into the grass at speeds up to 50 mph that the flight is finished. Most jets that roll into the side of the runway recieve significant damage. Yes Petrol motors CAN BE harder to start than a Jetcat with Kero start, but the Jetcat with Kero start is MUCH more complicated and requires special attention that if you did not have the proper knowledge could ruin the engine, damage or distroy the aircraft (which cost several thousand dollars btw - over 7k on my boomer alone), cause a fire and create property damage or physical injury. Moreover, there is a REASON AMA requires a waiver to fly jets. What do you suppose that reason is? I could post the requirements for you if you would like, but they are readily available on their sight for all who are interested.

I did not start RC airplanes with jets. I started with high wing petro trainers, worked my way up to low wing petro trainers, then moved up from there to petro acrabatic type planes and then petro warbirds. You can't tell me anything about the basic flight characteristics of petro type planes that I already don't know.

Can you say the same about jets?