miklos
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From: Meriden,
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Well, I actually got to fly my mustang in the heat of battle this weekend. My club had a combat competiton loosely based around the battle of the Pacific. We had two rectangles spray painted on opposite ends of the field to stand in as aircraft carriers. One for the Japanese Akagi and one for the American Yorktown. There were balloons suspended on string above the carriers, blue ones over the Yorktown and red ones over the Akagi. Lined up on either side of the carriers were volunteers with paintball machineguns to simulate antiaircraft fire to shoot at any aircraft brave enough to venture after the balloons. The combat planes were divided into two teams, and red streamers were attached to the planes on the Japanese side and blue streamers were attached to the planes on the American side. Points were scored in the following categories. Cuting an opponents streamer, poping a balloon over the opponents carrier, and at the end of each combat session, points could be had by accurately landing on your carrier. It was a hoot and great fun was had by both participants and spectators.
Most of the aircraft were "SPADS" built from "cryoplast" I think it's called. It's that plastic sheeting that looks like cardboard  . My mustang and a P-39 were the only planes that were of built up balsa. In the first heat, I sustained a mid air collision  and was able to glide the aircraft down into the nearby brush when the engine cut out. Upon recovering the aircraft, the only damage was a hole punched  in the turtle decking between the cockpit canopy and the firewall. I quickly patched the hole with tape and got right back into the fight.  The plane flew excellent and showed no signs of ill effect from the damage it had sustained. I was very impressed with the maneuverability of the mustang versus the spads, as I had no trouble "turning and burning" on them at will. The mustang was clearly the fastest and most maneuverable plane in the sky that day even though most of the other planes had 40+ size engines versus my 25 size engine. It was easily the coolest looking plane in the sky that day and I received many kudos from my fellow flyers for having the guts to enter it into the competition. They were all very impressed with how much of a beating the plane could take and still hang in there. 
< Message edited by miklos -- 8/9/2006 6:57:39 PM >
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