As usual, John is doing it right! He is, by far one of the most solid builders out there! What's cool about John is his background in "stick building" and fabricating, molding parts on Top Gun contending warbirds for over 20 years. Watching him build Mac Hodges new B-29 from a foam core with NO real defined plans...shows his brilliance. And, when Mac flat spinned it in at Cape Coral, John had the airframe back and RTF in a week!!!

The ByPass thingy...not an issue! Ali has three flying without ByPasses, better performance for Turbine without one, no open belly from gear doors for FOD issues, plus John has all vitals well protected from heat. I know I am jumping in on the tail end of this thread...but, rest assured, John does his research before he makes any MAJOR decisions.

Go, John, Go!

Rex