..... although some AUF members did, when they saw the designs.
.... to fruition, because Turbo, the brilliant & glorious Musk-like free thinking maverick, had ignored convention in his designs and had gone for Speed, Speed, Speed and more Speed.
This was enabled by the wonderful (but still rattley) Rotax 916iS/c, which could be cranked up to 210 hp by substituting a "Turbo 12" Turbocharger" (It's not really 12", but Turbo just named it after himself) and 200 knots VNE + Citation stall speeds, were a doddle.
"Now all it will take is a little rule change" commented Turbo on each of the receipts, as the kit orders flooded in.
The aircraft soon became known as the ......