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New R/C P51 Mustang
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Join Date: Nov 2003
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My last one got stolen when my house was robbed 2 years ago, so I finally built a new one...
http://wltison.home.comcast.net/MOVIES/P51.mov
Not bad for the test flight.
Once I get used to the way it handles, I can look foreward to some wingtip touches and belly scoop touch and gos.
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Join Date: Jan 2001
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That looks like a lot of fun. Wish I had the time for RC stuff.
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Damn cool!
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Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: /OV DRK 142006
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Beauty. Did you build that from scratch or a kit?
You should put up more video like that once you get more flights in.
I'd like to get back into R/C airplanes now and again but live too close to a really busy airport. Our favorite model rocket launch site happens to be at the 2 mile left 45 for the main runway.
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Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: New Haven CT.
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Did you notice the idiot do a cross field takeoff in front of my roll out?
If I would have had my old Decathlon, he would have been a box of sticks.
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Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: In bits and pieces on Cloud City
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How long can you stay in the air on one tank?
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"Curse my metal body, I wasn't fast enough!"
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Join Date: Nov 2003
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About 20 minutes, but you'll be tired before that.
I'll fly it around 10 to 15 minutes with plenty of fuel left over.
iLikeBeer, it's a WorldModels 60 sized P-51 ARF.
It took only around 10 hours to assemble.
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Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Minnesota
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Nice plane - and nice landing. Just out of curiosity, do you always taxi out of the pits?
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Yeah, we don't taxi back into the pits though.
You kill the engine on the line and carry it back into the pits.
Spectators have a set of bleachers and aren't allowed near the pits or the flightline.
Starting one on the line is dangerous.
We do have a starting line for larger gas (100cc and above) planes that consists of two poles to hold the wings.
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Join Date: Nov 2004
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Very cool. What does a kit like that cost ? I'd like to build one myself once.
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Let's see.
The Airframe was $250.
The engine new is around $250.
The servos are about $15 apiece for 6 of them and $30 for the specialized retractable landing gear servo.
The receiver is about $60. and I needed a $24 high capacity battery for all of the servos.
The engine is an OS .91FS I was given and I rebuilt it. (ring, cylinder, seals and bearings less than $100)
I already had the radio gear and only had to buy the retract servo and battery.
I have a supercharged engine that I'd love to put on it because it has the "Merlin" sound, but it needs an overhaul too.
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Join Date: Jan 2003
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I was at my local Radio Shack this weekend and I noticed they had an electric-powered P51 for $70.
P51 Linky
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Join Date: Jul 2003
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that was awesome...Wouldn't mind playing with one myself, but I'd be scared as hell to crash it.
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Join Date: Sep 2004
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Originally posted by SamuraiDL:
Nice Landing!
Seconded.
Better than most of my landings in a real plane.
Can't believe that was a kit, it's smooth looking. I had a trainer kit I flew for a while that took longer to build than 10 hours.
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