Hi Randy,
We call 65 degrees a warm wind, not a wind chill. Wish I was there!
Al,
Thanks for the heads-up. I'll do some research on the bomb size to see if it is scale or not. I may also have some hop-up information on the retract mechanism as several friends are building the P-47 and claim it is the same retract. A few people have had welding issues.
The motor can be mounted several ways. Here is the one I chose.
The E-flite Power 160 motor uses a similar x-mount to the AXI 5330 motor. This meant that the nylon spacers and screws from [link=http://www.hobby-lobby.com/motor-mount.htm]Hobby Lobby[/link] could be used to mount the motor in the P-51D. Since the 4" long 8-32 screws were not long enough, I needed to extend the firewall by making a box from 5-ply aircraft grade plywood and hardwood blocks.