damn.. thats right.. a vibrator!! i did see a shot of it last spring.. in the hangers wasn't it??
put up some pics.. and lets see yer Fairchild again. damn thats a freakin pretty plane.
Gyro, Iorn Bay bought out the byron designs and some tooling. I don't know if IB has offered a re-release of their classic AT-6. When the 1/5 scale AT-6 reno racing got hot the Byron dominated. That's the era this old bird comes from (late 80's).
This one was the owners 'second'.. it's a duplicate of the plane he was gonna campaign, and it's set up with a race tuned G-62 Zenoah, but the rig was never completed. Has the engine in, but never saw radio or air/fuel system installations. The guy augered the prime on his first turn in the first race and gave racing up. not long after, heath problems forced him to hang up the box. long story short, I wound up with the dust covered behomoth.
can't believe my luck.. tho the era of the byron being competitive on the race circuit is long over, it was always the soul of one hell of nice scale warbird. this one is set up with the robart retracts w/ scale gear doors, detailed cockpit, tuned exhaust, scale hinging, split flap, panel lines... with the race tuned g-62 it'll be some awsome.
And.. never having seen radio gear or plumbing, it'll be a cakewalk to set it up with the best in modern on board gear without reworking a 15 year old outdated radio room. I'll get some pics up sunday when i get my digital camera back.
damn, feels good to be thinking about ailerons and elevators again.
