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World Models .60 size P-51 Mustang--Petie 2nd version - 2/25/2004 3:55:56 AM   
taildraggerdave


 

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Status: offline 		Hello again,
Just got the new WM .60 size P-51. Wife bought it for a birthday gift--nice huh?!
Looking for the usual feedback from others that have this plane.
Likewise, I'll post items as I find them during the build and flight tests.

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RE: World Models .60 size P-51 Mustang - 2/25/2004 2:20:46 PM   
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Status: online 		If you're talking about the new one in the Petie scheme, please post some photos. I am interested to see if it is done in baby/tarheel blue like it appears in the ads, or if they used the correct dark blue color.

What do you think of the ARF so far?

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RE: World Models .60 size P-51 Mustang - 2/25/2004 11:22:42 PM   
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Status: offline 		I'll post some photos this evening. It's the "Petie 2nd" version. I have always been fond of World Models' ARF's. (Had some problems with them also ) So far this ARF looks great. They have basically scaled down their giant scale P-51---It has 2 aluminum wing joining tubes and the wing halves are glued together. It has flaps. It has an airfoiled rudder and horizontal!!!! It takes a single retract servo and I have one of the new JR servos that are 260 oz torque, so that should be fine. It also has the traditional non-scale WM tailwheel. Thanks for the interest and I'll be back later..........

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RE: World Models .60 size P-51 Mustang - 2/26/2004 5:22:18 AM   
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Status: offline 		Here's a photo of the fuselage with the cowl put on the front.

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RE: World Models .60 size P-51 Mustang - 2/26/2004 2:55:15 PM   
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Status: offline 		Hmmm, that blue sure looks darker and better than the lighter blue in the ads. The plane still has WM familiar boxy square fuse. Looks good though.

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RE: World Models .60 size P-51 Mustang - 2/27/2004 6:20:52 PM   
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Status: offline 		I just saw the ad for it in the new MAN, id love to see more pics of it! Looks like it might be a nice alternative to the 60 sized Stang from H9

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RE: World Models .60 size P-51 Mustang - 2/29/2004 10:20:21 PM   
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Status: offline 		I had the maiden flight today and the plane flew excellent. Very stable and fast with a Saito 1.20 installed. Only a couple clicks of trim to get it hands off. I put in full flaps and took it up high to watch it stall. Holding full back elevator and a bit of aileron correction, I could get it to mush forward. No nasty tip stalling even very slow. I'll post some assembly photos here shortly. Landing was slow and uneventful. I plan to remove the gear and epoxy the retract bays as a precaution.

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RE: World Models .60 size P-51 Mustang - 2/29/2004 10:53:05 PM   
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Status: offline 		Here's the photos: The first one has the new style aileron mounts included in the hardware package. The others are servo and fuel tank layout. I used all the factory hardware and everything went well. I set the CG at the factory recommended spec of 4.5inches.

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RE: World Models .60 size P-51 Mustang--Petie 2nd version - 3/1/2004 5:06:01 AM   
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Status: offline 		Did you use the stock exhaust? How did it balance? Did you have to add any lead to the tail?
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RE: World Models .60 size P-51 Mustang--Petie 2nd version - 3/1/2004 6:47:44 AM   
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Status: offline 		I use a Perry Pump for fuel (shaker style pump) and use the stock exhaust pipe and muffler from Saito. I cut the end of the muffler off and ground it flat to follow the lines of the cowl. Now it is more like a megaphone type exhaust with the muffler mod.
It balanced right on CG at 4.5 inches by placing the battery just behind the wing mounting area in the empannage. I put a small piece of 1/32" birch in the floor to strenghten the balsa so the battery wouldn't blow through it during my high G turns
I added no lead to balance. Final weight came out at 9 pounds, 3 ounces.

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RE: World Models .60 size P-51 Mustang--Petie 2nd version - 3/3/2004 6:54:38 AM   
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Status: offline 		Hi Dave,
I'm planning to get this plane too. Needed some advise. Will an ASP 91 4s be enough for this bird as WM recommended engines are always on the lower side (much like microsofts recommended hardware & software requirements!!!!). The other alternative I have is the WM spitfire 60 which is a wee bit smaller but a lot lighter and is rated for a 70 4S,which means a 91 4s will make it rock.

Also could you post some more pictures of your bird?

How are your retracts behaving? Will they be ok for a grass or compressed mud field? Whats the all up weight of your bird?

It is funny though that yours is really the only post that talks of the WM 60 size mustang petie. Was this bird not too well accepted?

Thanks in advance.

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RE: World Models .60 size P-51 Mustang--Petie 2nd version - 3/27/2004 3:33:57 AM   
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Status: offline 		Hello I too am interested in getting this plane and I will be putting an MDS 78 two stroke in it. Should be enough power. I would like to know how the retracts are working out on yours?? I will be flying off a grass field and that would be my biggest concern as to how they would hold up on grass. thanks Butch in Niagara Falls

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RE: World Models .60 size P-51 Mustang--Petie 2nd version - 3/27/2004 5:28:01 AM   
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Status: offline 		I taxi through grass now and then but that is all. The retracts are ok. Definitely use epoxy to reinforce the gear bays. Remove the retracts from the wing panels and smear a bunch of 15 or 30 minute epoxy in there. I also wicked thin CA into all the joints first. Let it dry and you should be fine. I still really like this plane.................

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RE: World Models .60 size P-51 Mustang--Petie 2nd version - 3/29/2004 5:13:08 AM   
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Status: offline 		hey dave, would a 1.20 4s work just as well without a perry pump also even if the tank is mounted a little aft like you have done in ur mustang?

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RE: World Models .60 size P-51 Mustang--Petie 2nd version - 3/29/2004 5:34:20 AM   
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