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Paul,
That makes sense! I am going to do the struts and try it with the one servo I have now. So far, it has worked fine. With the stock gear, 3/16th wire, anything other than a totally greased landing bent the wire after just a few landings. A bumpy landing bent them easily. It is a pretty nice plane overall so I do not understand why they still use such poor retracts.
We just lengthened our runway to 560 feet so I am looking forward to hot landings with long runouts. Should be fun. Think I am going to get a GP Little Toni next for more speed. Or maybe I will change out my Saito 100 with my Super Tiger G 90 on the P51. I am adding a Perry carb and pump to it so am expecting I can get a couple thousand more rpm over the Saito, though probably a smaller prop. I am guessing that the Little Toni will be faster than the P51. In any case, I usually fly sport aerobatics with a bit of 3D so the speed and hot landings are a fun alternative, especially when they also do aerobatics really well too. I learned the hard way that the P51 will not slow down like my 3D planes. This is my second one. DESTROYED the plane and the Saito 100 the first time.
BTW, I moved the CG back 1/4" from recommended and I was able to get a little flare on landing that I could hardly get before. It did not get squirly but I don't think I would go any further back. Still looking for the best combo of flaps and speed for landing but I think so far that a bit less than full flaps works best.
Thanks again,
Jim
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