Is anybody out there familier with the Byron F-18? I have a buddy (non-jet type) that was asking about the kit. It seems that one may be available to him. Is it worth the trouble?

Tailwinds,

John

I didn't even know that Byron made an F-18 til I saw a turbin-ized one.....apparently it flies very well.

it barely flies on a 91 engine with byro fan

I would turbine it

Yup, from what I gather, Turbine would be the ONLY way to go. I'll bet that it would be a lot of work and re-engineering to bring it up to today's state of the art.

John

Hey John, ask Whitney, he had one back in the "day". From what i hear it was a runway hog.Me and Kevin flew both days this past weekend, geez, its was HOT!!!
V..

Thanks Vin. I'll give Jim a call. I flew this weekend too. I think it was 74 degrees in the cabin at FL380 on the way to Cleveland! I was out at the field Wednesday until my sneekers started sticking to the runway and got in a few flights. I've been working weekends lately.

'Come on October!

John

my buddy is building one as we speak, a ton of work your friend better have a lot of time on his hands to build a byron f-18 my buddy has been working for about 8 months on his but he is putting all the bells and whistles in his and its almost ready for paint really sharp when there done though good luck........ donniercjet

10 years back , i saw the byron f-18, take off from grass and flys very solid with a byrojet
and rossi .91 ; the f-18 weight around 17 pounds . ALL BYRON JETS FLYS VERY WELL

pecojets

Well, as it turns out, the particular Byron F18 is about 90% built, so it is nearly impossible to do the mods for turbine power and my buddy doesn't want to go the DF route. I recommended the Skymaster F18. I guess he has a "thing" for the Bug. Thanks for the responses.

Tailwinds,


John

What's the asking price? I may have a buyer.