bull51

Here are those pics I mentioned earlier. What do you guys think?

bull

Mustang Fever

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Bull:

That looks really slick. I hadn't thought about locating the TW retract servo or cylinder remotely like that. It sure makes it clean.

bull51

Thanks Bob.

I spent a lot of time test fitting and, of course, reading this thread and taking into account how the 1/5 scale p-51 is built. I try to make everything easily accessable and replaceable.

bull

mikemedic2

Nice job bull that set up looks real good, be sure and report how she works.
I'm still going insane trying to decide what engine to get. With what they cost I want to get the right one.[&o][]

Mustang Fever

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Same problem, Mike. I'm leaning heavily towards the OS 91FX. Plenty of power, light, and will give plenty of speed.

Live Wire

Looking at over all weight will tell you what motor you want to use. Power per weight ratio. Look at a 100 or 110 size or in that area. 91fs has power of 60 2s

raptor racer

I have a 91fx in my 1/7 scale top flite mustang, would a 15x6 APC be too much for this donk.

Mustang Fever

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Raptor:

The discussion of this on the Tower Hobbies sales point indicates it's ok: http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXBY47&P=0

Thrust HP software says that at the 10,200 rpm they tached on the ground, that prop will give you 58 mph and almost 16 pounds of thrust.

sabre1205

We had a club meeting this week were I brought up this subject. Most of our members agreeded that
the a normal speed for model aircraft is between 90 and 100 miles per hour, even trainers. We were talking about
using a radar gun to measure the speed and these speeds were common with all aircraft that were flown.
It will be interesting to see what all of our stangs will do when they are airworthy

Sabre1205

bull51

Everyone on a break? C'mon I'm a newb at this and need all the advice I can get.

Ticketec, Sticktickler, any updates?

bull

bigstew60

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Well I just got back from my deployment and I had four days with my wife still working so I decided to start my tf 1/7 p-51c. I havent decided what color she will get but it will be either the "shangra la" or the "ina the macon belle" colors. I hate I got to put her back up until I come home agin but at least I knocked a dent in it.

skylarkmk1

Carl,

I feel your pain about storing the P-51. Had a similar situation when I was in. Had 3 PCS moves in 6 months, the first with about a months notice, the next 2 gave me a week. Talk about scrambling to get things packed, luckly I didn't have all the stuff I have now. At least you can just put your plane up and not have to worry about it.

mikemedic2

I myself have not had much time to build. I have been sitting idle at joining the wings together. However I am waiting on my RH strut which has been backordered since january.[:@][:@] I am also waiting on nav lights which have been back ordered.[:'(] All this time I still havn't decided what engine to get either.[] Help me obe wan your my only hope[X(].

sabre1205

Yep. Just like everyone else
Working and working. I am at the stage of getting the cockpit ready, painting the pilot,the
inside of the cockpit and so on
Do anyone have a good method of attaching the canopy. I have the instructions but
just want to know if anyone had something better of different

Sabre1205

tlgibson97

I could use some advise on the canopy also. i know how not to do it now. I know that I shouldnt have trimmed it up a week before installing it as all the edged flared up and were a PITA to get glued down. I also know that epoxy make s a big mess all over the place when trying to get those flared edges held down. I ended up using CA and kicker and worked my way around the edges. It held good enough but I removed the canopy after my crash to clean it up some. Any other tips are appreciated.

Mustang Fever

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Here's how I did it on a 1/12 scale Mustang:

If you look close, you'll see the button head sheet metal screws at the front, the sides, and the rear. I put thin plywood reinforcement at those points under the canopy floor so the screws would have something to bite into. Before screwing it down, I put a thin bead of silicone adhesive all the way around the inside of the canopy, in the sill area. Not very scale, but I suppose you could paint or grind down the screw heads so they wouldn't be real obstrusive.

bigstew60

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After seeing my father p40 with a ys-110, I have decided that the ys-110 is going to be my choice. That engine is an animal.

cart3192

Well guys I feel your pain also... I have not worked on my P51 for a few months now. I've been working on my kit cutting business startup. Take a look at my Saito 100 with a Keleo Creation Muffler. I can't wait to hear this baby!

zope_pope

Yay! Keleo muffler. that is what i am going with on mine. When you get a chance, a video would be sooo cool.

Live Wire

Hit a wall waiting for parts ! Will get back into the full pace of things when they get here.
Built cowl and oil cooler scoope of balsa will use plastic for flying. I will show how attached when I take PIC's

castlebravo

Funny story concerning the Keleo Exhaust. We were at our club field a couple weeks ago (were new members) and this guy pulls out a Hanger 9 Spitfire with a scale exhaust. I was looking at it and commented that I had seen a similar exhaust in this tread for the P-51 and was going to get one when I got to that point. He said "Yeah.......Thats my exhaust......My name is Kelvin. I was totally blown away that he was a member of our club! After flying he asked if we wanted to come over and see his operation. Who could pass that up? He's basically a one man operation but has great little shop where he builds these things. Every exhaust is hand made. He designs the jigs for each motor and has a tool maker construct the jigs. He started making scale ring exhaust for radial engines (which he still does). He even showed us the first exhaust he ever made which started the idea to go into business. Did anyone ever see the Friends episode where the "Bill Gates" guy said "Do you think it all started with MOS 861? No....there was MOS 1 that burned down my parents garage........There was MOS 4 that only kept dates in January.......
Any way that poor copper tubing exhaust started a fine business. He'll make an exhaust for just about anything and for the quality of his work.........they are extremely inexpensive.
Anyway.....I'll stop the advertising......I just thought it was cool. What a small world this community of ours is.

zope_pope

That is a really cool story. I have traded emails with him a few times, but am not to the point where i need to order the exhausts yet. How do they sound on a 4 stroke glow engine? Realistic? or is it more to make the smoke come out the right places (very cool too).

Mustang Fever

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Finally made up my mind and bought an engine for my TF 1/7 P-51D. Magnum XLS 91A from hobbypeople.net $120.

I've had real good experience with Magnums, and this thing is half the price of an OS. The pic shows a front mount needle, but current production is all rear mount. I'm going to install it sideways and use a Slimline pitts.

SVX

Thought I might post some pics of my Mustang project if you guys don't mind. After reading all
of your posts and discovering the possibilities of sequential doors my means for this project have
changed from “build it out of the box” to “practice for my larger BT Mustang”. So my plans
are to scale it out a bit more. It always fascinated me that the tail wheel on the Mustang
retracted forward. I used my BT plans to work up a forward retracting tail wheel for this
Mustang. Here is what I got. The base is PC board, linkages are brass which came out a little
heavy for their size but as the weight of the tail is supported by the little tab bent back I think it
was a good compromise. And of course the rest was carved from wood + a little filler.

saramos

Looks great. One question, how will you handle steering?

Scott