ORIGINAL: alangranvue
thanks for the info guys. I have several 2 and 4stoke's. My dream is to completely build and setup a turbine project but right now I just don't want to have to save for a year for something I'm not sure if I will love or not. I checked out the Habu but are there any more ''scale'' models? I have several builders in my club who all said they would help my build it. Who are some good dealers of composite's? I am excited and I can't wait to start! I am glad someone said not to go with the nitro ducted fan as I almost purchased one but talked myself out of it.
My advice is to not have a builder help you "too much". Do it yourself as much as possible - sure, have them come over to see and ask a lot of questions and do research with the search function here and on RCG, but try your best to really become your own master on jets. You will never learn (in a reasonable amount of time) what it takes to fine tune a jet if you don't do it yourself from the start. My other advice is still to consider an easy to fly EDF (vs. a heavy scale jet) and fly it a lot before getting into a bad situation with a scale jet that you worked hard. Jets (and EDF's) fly differently - they respond very fast, they accelerate slower, they can auger in from base to final if you fly them like a high lift prop plane. They are NOT very hard to fly, but they are different. If you have experienced JET SPECIFIC guys in your club it can help... if not you are still going to be able to do it but you will need to be self sufficient. Keep in mind you want to give yourself a project that will just about guarantee success from the start so you can have something experience wise to "build" on with the next jet.
As far as suggestions for you - I'd be doing you a disservice to tell you what to buy in terms of a scale jet. Only you know what you like, and I don't know how you fly. Do some searches on RCGroups in the EDF forum under the types of jets you like and you'll see a million threads over there on all sorts of types. You will also start your self education by looking things up ad getting used to answering your own questions with all the massive information that's out there for you on sites like these.
I know the Habu is not amazing to look at but you will learn so much more, right away. Knowledge is power. You might even change your idea of what you are looking for in your scale build "next jet" based on your first hand experience you'll have right away.
Also, I can agree with the above - the R54 is a great suggestion. Heavy warbird guys with a lot of experience can easily walk right into a R54 build and get their waiver with very little "duck out of water" feelings. I have put many warbird guys on a buddy box with my old R54 and watched their faces light up. It flies like a big fast jet powered warbird and that means fun. You could still gain a lot of experience with bad behaving jets on EDF, but the R54 does not have a lot of bad behaviors like a scale jet often does.