did they fly well?

More importantly = Can one stuff a turbine in it?

Thanks guys.

John

The Byrons F86 is a great flying model. Many used them for DF trainers. And yes there is a lot of room for a turbine in one of these whales...

HMMMMMM

Sure. I'm working on my third one. If you had a fresh unstarted kit, you could convert it, I think, pretty well, but I don't know if I would attempt it on a built airplane.
One big issue is you would have to do some serious reinforcement in the middle of the fuselage and cut out a top hatch for access. A major job, but not impossible. The only access inside the fuse is the cheater hole on the bottom. Which you would probably want to glass over.
NONE of the servo positions or linkages on the stock sabre would I consider safe for turbine. Keep in mind the plane was designed for 100 mph, tops, and a Rossi 65 or so.
Flies very well, a real *****cat. I have a new D model one all done, just waiting on some wrist pin retainers.

mine flew great. it just wore out.

Unless you wanted to really do some major re-engineering, I would think(guess) that a 500 class turbine would be the limit.

first df i had
got it off a guy for 225 with rossi 81/rom air gear/ready to fly
best 225 i ever spent not very fast but flew like a trainer
flew it until it fell apart
vinny