HondaJet

[sarongsong]

"...since its first flight in December 2003, the six-seater HondaJet has flown over 150 hours, reaching an altitude of 43,000 feet and speed of 393 knots...powered by two 1,700 lb thrust Honda HF118 turbofan engines..."---AvWeb (http://www.avweb.com/newswire/11_30c/briefs/190272-1.html)
http://www.avweb.com/newspics/hondajetengine.jpg

[hhEb09'1]

more pictures!

[sarongsong]

http://www2g.biglobe.ne.jp/~aviation/hondajet02.jpg (http://images.google.com/images?q=hondajet&hl=en&lr=&sa=N&tab=wi)

[paulie jay]

Gee, those engines look a bit like Mickey Mouse ears!

[the_shaggy_one]

I can't wait till someone modifies those wings to fit and Accord :roll:

[Kristophe]

I can't wait till someone modifies those wings to fit and Accord :roll:

You mean a Civic, right? Accords cost too much. People like their mods to be worth at least 8 times as much as the car they're half-hazardly nailing them on to.

[the_shaggy_one]

I'm pretty sure the expression is "hap-hazardly", but I did mean a Civic. or one of those goofy-looking CRX things

[Kristophe]

I'm pretty sure the expression is "hap-hazardly", but I did mean a Civic. or one of those goofy-looking CRX things

Erm, quite. Please do excuse me while I'm half asleep on the couch, and actually typing with my eyes closed. Signs that I should be in bed ,no?

But the couch is so comfy, and I don't get to maek a fool of myself in bed.

[farmerjumperdon]

The 2 pictures in the thread look like 2 different kinds of planes.

[Captain Kidd]

The second one looks like an "artist's rendition".

Didn't the article say something that Honda made the engine and is shopping around for a good airframe to mount it on? Hence why the first photo is mainly just the engine.

[NEOWatcher]

The second one looks like an "artist's rendition".

Didn't the article say something that Honda made the engine and is shopping around for a good airframe to mount it on? Hence why the first photo is mainly just the engine.
My guess is that they tried once, but they used the same designers that designed the aerodynmics of the Element.

[Captain Kidd]

Here we go, a couple more photos of the complet e aircraft used for the airshow:
Link 1 (http://www.flug-revue.rotor.com/FRTypen/Fotos/honda/HoJSt.JPG)
Link 2 (http://www.flug-revue.rotor.com/FRTypen/Fotos/honda/HoJTO.JPG)
Link 3 (http://www.honda.co.at/content/news/22948_23501.html)

[hhEb09'1]

The second one looks like an "artist's rendition".

Didn't the article say something that Honda made the engine and is shopping around for a good airframe to mount it on? Hence why the first photo is mainly just the engine.Yes the article said it's currently only one of a kind. The second picture is not the same, but Captain Kidd's pics look to be

[Krel]

Both designs look like something out of a Jerry Anderson show. I like them.

David.

[Argos]

Any info about $$$?

[ElWampa]

I can't wait till someone modifies those wings to fit and Accord :roll:

You mean a Civic, right? Accords cost too much. People like their mods to be worth at least 8 times as much as the car they're half-hazardly nailing them on to.


Naw, remember the original Accord. Now that's what I think he's talking about. :P

http://www.honda.ee/images/history/history_1978.jpg

Pimp. oh yeah!

[sarongsong]

Any info about $$$?"...A hypothetical question about what price Honda would like to see for such an aircraft was similarly deflected..."
http://www.airventure.org/2005/frijuly29/hondajet.html

[publiusr]

Do a search on the words Aerion Corp SSBJ and look at what looks like an F-104 that ate a Learjet.

Then look for Avcen Inc.'s little Jetpod

[NEOWatcher]

Honda? Jet? You start thinking of something like this... (http://home.earthlink.net/~charlieyoyo/matador03.jpg)

[Captain Kidd]

Honda? Jet? You start thinking of something like this... (http://home.earthlink.net/~charlieyoyo/matador03.jpg)
Or this. (http://www.aardvark.co.nz/pjet/turbinenuts.shtml)

[publiusr]

In the link box up top--I saw DIY Cruise missile.

great.

[sarongsong]

August 7 (http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archives/avflash/447-full.html#190320)
"...now Honda is even talking price for the jet, including a low-end ballpark of less than $1million up to a (perhaps more realistic) $2.7 million..."

[Argos]

So, it´s the Model T of jets; a jet plane for the masses. :D

[Sammy]

So, it´s the Model T of jets; a jet plane for the masses. :D

But it will be so hard to find it at the parking lot......

I drive a silver Accord; at a Mall parking lot I often have to get close enuff to see my hamcall licence tag before I know for sure it's mine.

[sarongsong]

...it´s the Model T of jets...
...or, if you're a 2-car owner of these:
"The 2005 Saleen S7 (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7012380) has a base price of nearly $560,000...the most expensive car available in the United States." :D

[Sammy]

...it´s the Model T of jets...
...or, if you're a 2-car owner of these:
"The 2005 Saleen S7 (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7012380) has a base price of nearly $560,000...the most expensive car available in the United States." :D

Shouldn't be too hard to find that one at the Mall!