Just got back from Toledo. I love that Stingray!

The Yellow Aircraft booth was awesome, that F-18 was gorgeous and the price incredible. With the scale gear and everything else besides engine it comes out to less than $3,000!

The Stingray was incredibly cool. The price will be only $395 for the airplane and $140 for the gear, which is of high quality aluminum and suitable for grass. I thought the fuselage material was a bit thin, I could buckle it in and out easily with one finger, I am hoping the reason is that the required formers were not installed yet.

Not a lot of jet stuff at the show, but RAM, AMT and SWB were there. The new SWB Mamba is beautiful and available at $2495.This is one gorgeous little engine, the machining and quality is incredible. Thrust is 11 pounds, de-rated from 14 for reliability. Very smart! At full thrust the engine only turns 150,000 rpm which is very reasonable for a small turbine.

It is strictly air-start, but requires only 90-100 psi for start, so you can use a small tank. SWB plans to offer a little starting tank for it that can be pumped up by hand or at the gas station, no scuba tank required. The start is fully automatic, just turn on the air and that's it. This could very well turn out to be the next "must have" turbine toy. Very, very impressive! I talked to Jeff from SWB and he plans to put one in a Stingray. Can't wait to hear how it works out.