Byron F18?????????
 

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

RE: Byron F18?????????
 

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

RE: Byron F18?????????
 

it barely flies on a 91 engine with byro fan

I would turbine it

RE: Byron F18?????????
 

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

RE: Byron F18?????????
 

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..

RE: Byron F18?????????
 

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

RE: Byron F18?????????
 

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

RE: Byron F18?????????
 

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

RE: Byron F18?????????
 

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

RE: Byron F18?????????
 

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