Matt I totally under stand where you are coming from, and i am about the most safety minded person around ,I certainly don't have money to be blowing out like crazy for lots of turbines ( who does ? ) . Once , and only once I get the turbine with a few tanks of fuel run through her, and make damn sure that the after burner in full reheat will function properly, then and only then will I grab a roo ( or some other cheap trainer to be my test bed ), have the fire extinguishers on hand , kick the tires and lite the 2 stage fires,

Mike