Byron P-38 Lightning
12-23-2012, 04:54 PM
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RE: Byron P-38 Lightning
This is turning out like the "Mythical" Spitfires found in Burma. No photographs as of late...
I wonder if there was a reason why they never produced the P-38?
Anyone know the year of this plane? 1980 or so?
I would guess the aircraft would be around the same size that Yellow has now.
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I wonder if there was a reason why they never produced the P-38?
Anyone know the year of this plane? 1980 or so?
I would guess the aircraft would be around the same size that Yellow has now.
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12-23-2012, 05:06 PM
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RE: Byron P-38 Lightning
The kit was from 1987 and it was to be 32-35 lbs. I was hoping to find out personally if able to buy the kit and was sold site unseen. Just really cool that it remained untouched all those years. I have a few warbird kits that are the same way. Just not the P-38 kit.
pics, we need proof of this mythical beast
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RE: Byron P-38 Lightning
I recently found this picture of the striking back show. It appears there is a p-38 crashing into the byron mustang. Very possible this might be one of the rare birds??
10-06-2014, 02:49 PM
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Several of my friends saw that crash from the pilots box ! one had perfectly centered video of the hit. Then he ACCIDENTALLY TAPED OVER IT ! hahahahahhaha
He still grumbles about that !
He still grumbles about that !
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If you're going to scale up and start fresh with new plugs then you might as well start over with an accurate set of drawings and do a better job than Byron did with the scale outline. Just my .02 cents of course but the Byron P-38, as with most of their stuff, was sport scale at best. Largest P-38 kit that comes to mind was the (if memory serves) 122" CBA kit. Actually, I think the scale span was a bit less but they offered it with a "sport" wing as well which was the 122 incher.
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There wasn't a kit manufactured by Byron. There was a silver prototype built for display, never flew.
They layed up two sets of glass parts for striking back show. The first was was built and flown in Ida Grove the last two years the show was there, and then it flew at Ankeny Show for a couple of years. It was damage the last air show day when the gear collapsed and it hit a safety fence.
The construction of the second one was started as a back up plane, but never finished.
The first one weighted in at 65lbs., 4.2 sach for power, flew well two different times on a single engine.
They layed up two sets of glass parts for striking back show. The first was was built and flown in Ida Grove the last two years the show was there, and then it flew at Ankeny Show for a couple of years. It was damage the last air show day when the gear collapsed and it hit a safety fence.
The construction of the second one was started as a back up plane, but never finished.
The first one weighted in at 65lbs., 4.2 sach for power, flew well two different times on a single engine.
