Hi guys, Long story short I Messed up at a local war bird show this weekend and did not see the signes. The 4.8 pack in my DX8 fried on me while doing a low pass in my TopFlite Gaint P51, with DLE55 and Kelo Muff set up.

It was a bad day to say the least.  I get $200 ever 2 weeks for my RC alowance and Just came on $700 that wife gave me to replace my bird. As much as I loved the Big P51, when I showed up at the show there were 4 otheres and to be honest the only P51 I really like is the Miss America.

Here the problem, some parts are saveable but I don't really want another mustange.

So this is whats left:

It broke my DLE55 in 1/2 but can be fixed for $150 in parts. Kelo is perfect thow.

My Robart Retracts: the upper tubes ripped off the retract, but no othere damage. Robart said $50 to fix them up.

I got a sweet Quadra 75 that has been watteing for a new home.

I got 2 DLE 30's laying around.

Servos, recivers ect are not issue as I got plenty of the good stuff from birds I have warn out.

SO I was thinking of getting a TopFlite Gaint P47 as my wife and I really like the color skeem and I belive the Q75 will work in this bird. Robart said the my retracts will fit but scale uses diffrent legs.
This would cost me around $620 for the bird and $125 to convert my retracts for the P47.  Total= $755


I could just get another TopFlite Gaint P51, rebuild my DLE55 and retracts.   This will be about $650 for bird and parts to fix the DLE and $50 to fix retracts    Total = 700  $630 if I get the ARC then fiberglass it and paint it a miss america.


Or I really like the look of the Texan that Troybuild modles sells.  $420 for bird, $320 for there electric retracts or $450 for Serrias, and I can use a DLE30 or rebuild my DLE55 for it.
So cost would be about $740 + 100 or so for shipping $840 for the Texan with there retracts or $1,020 for the bird with serrias and $150 to fix my DLE55.

The only othere bird I have beeing wanting is a P40. I had a CMP P40 with a Saito 220 4 strok, I loved this bird but only got 2 flights on it as I got it used from a guy who got it from a guy, And when I fliped it inverted to check CG the front wood tubes ripped out the wing and the wing came off. 

I really like the look of the P40 that troybuilt has at $750 or so deliverd, but I im sure retracts are about $4-500 Im not sure who sells them thow.



This is my game plan, what do you guys think? Wich rought would you go?

PS: Im currently building a ESM 74in Corsair with a PTE36R right now If I new topflite was going to come out with a Gaint Corsair ARF I would of wated.

Im up for othere Ideals, I don't really want to spend more than $1k if possable.


What I currently have,

74in Corsair ESM  PTE36R
72in BF109 CMP NGH35R
71in Zero with DLE30
Hangerr 9 B25  Electric
74in GeeBee R3  BME50cc
72in Aeroworks 540 Edge DLE30
Helis.

As you can tell I love war birds, I just wich CMP was still makeing birds,

I just decomishioned a CMP Spitifire, and killed that CMP P40



 

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ORIGINAL: 91zulu

Another P51.Really??? Every show I go to there is at least 2 to 1 P 51s and 47s to anything else. How about a Bear, LA-7, P39, F6F, KI-61, Val, Stuka, Sea Fury, Spitfire, Tempest, Typhoon, ......I could go on , but don`t you all want something different at the flight line? I`m just asking...

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ORIGINAL: AmishWarlord

P-40 and P-51 do not share the same retracts.
He'd have to buy new P-40 rotating retracts.

I belive mikes68charger wants to use the same grear from the P-51

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ORIGINAL: yard-dart
, but you would have to get new retracts.