WM P-51 Maiden flight success
The Rockwell yellow with OS 55 had three fantastic flights! It seemed faster than anticipated and turned instantly without loosing speed. Trim was near perfect. The engine was mounted upright to keep it cool and to eliminate flooding, idle and dripping problems that can happen with an inverted carb that far below the fuel tank. It ran flawlessly no hint of lean sag in the tight turns due in part to the fuel system (I’ll explain another time). The Master Airscrew trimmed to 10.8X8 S-2 turned 14,000 and unloaded a boatload (got on the pipe) in the air. My last landing was engine on with no headwind and used less than half the runway. Greased every landing and touch & go.
It could not have gone any better
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