heliVoY
Veteran
Location: NJ
| Yea, i came up with the $12,000 ballpark also .. (actually subtract the vat from that, which should also drop it by 1 or 2 K i think) .. anyway, i think $12K is not that bad at all ... it compares very nicely to what i have put into my bell 230, my SB-90 and EC-135, which are of significantly smaller size .. ...
you are right about waiting however ... I have at least 6 months worth of helicopters and jets to build/assemble, so for now i will wait and see what happens with the Euro (or £) vs/ the $ .....
I still do have to say the side exhaust just really bothers me .. i would definately not fly with it ... for this reason alone, i might go with Len mounts mechanics, and just use the rotors and swash set up from Vario (hey, and output shaft is an outputshaft as long as the rpms match) .. this way i would just have to route the turbine exhaust up and out the top (where itssupposed to be)
Also, i really hope that Vario is following up the big jetranger with somehting like a big bell 222, 230, or even better yet a multibladed 430 !! ... a 1/4 scale ec135, or an airwolf would not be bad either ...
Also Peter, im curious to know what marvel you might be working on at the moment ..
Wojtek |
