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RE: New Hangar 9 1.50 P-51 Build - 4/8/2008 1:53:09 AM

reincarnate

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Kahloq, I think the captured plane scheme is great. Modeling, especially warbird modeling is based on history. I did some work for a German company recently, and they were amazed that we Americans revered the Reich's aircraft enough to model and fly them.

Your captured themes were used as an illustration. Keep it up.

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RE: New Hangar 9 1.50 P-51 Build - 4/8/2008 6:51:54 AM

kahloq

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Sorry i couldnt get pictures of the P-51 today(monday). It was snowing off and on and I wanted to get shots of it outside. I will get pics tomorrow for sure.
It did make an appearance Monday evening at our club's last indoor meeting until next fall. Seemed to get a decent amount of attention.

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RE: New Hangar 9 1.50 P-51 Build - 4/8/2008 6:48:57 PM

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I bought the decals from Tower then cut out the circles ( a penny fit perfectly to do my circle ) to put over the crosses. Then I put finger nail polish over decals to seal them after they had dried. i think they turned out pretty good.

http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXZ812&P=7
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXHX82

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RE: New Hangar 9 1.50 P-51 Build - 4/8/2008 6:52:58 PM

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I bought the decals from Tower then cut out the circles ( a penny fit perfectly to do my circle ) to put over the crosses. Then I put finger nail polish over decals to seal them after they had dried. i think they turned out pretty good.

http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXZ812&P=7
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXHX82

This is what makes my decals. I will be making all the decals for my P-51 with it.

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RE: New Hangar 9 1.50 P-51 Build - 4/8/2008 8:36:22 PM

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Well... its time. You've all been waiting for pics so here ya go. Surprise!!!!!!!!!!

Last pic is on the balance stand. Manual says 6 3/8" back from LE against fuse. It was perfectly balanced right off the bat. No added weight and I didnt have to move anything. Im not joking either. I am going to move one battery pack forward slightly though just to make it a little nose heavy for the maiden.

younger individuals should not click the photos to enlarge them as the nose art is accurate for the time, but not appropriate for young kids.

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RE: New Hangar 9 1.50 P-51 Build - 4/8/2008 8:53:41 PM

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Kahloq,
Yeah slightly nose heavy helped me out, i found myself having to use more input on coordinated bank turns etc. i believe i was at recommended c.g. too and found myself using a lil more rudder for coordinated turns that i was used to. I moved it forward ever slightly and it helped things out. hey i like the font of that sticker "Bad B..." where can i get that?
Louie

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RE: New Hangar 9 1.50 P-51 Build - 4/8/2008 8:56:06 PM

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The font was specially made for me by classicinsignia in vinyl. I do not have a font file for it and its based off of the lettering used by www.onebadbitch.com

My wife has a few t-shirts from that place. They sell them at bike rallys and such.

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RE: New Hangar 9 1.50 P-51 Build - 4/8/2008 11:18:42 PM

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This is what makes my decals. I will be making all the decals for my P-51 with it.

Really cool!!

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RE: New Hangar 9 1.50 P-51 Build - 4/8/2008 11:28:49 PM

Whistling Death

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ORIGINAL: kahloq

Well... its time. You've all been waiting for pics so here ya go. Surprise!!!!!!!!!!

Last pic is on the balance stand. Manual says 6 3/8" back from LE against fuse. It was perfectly balanced right off the bat. No added weight and I didnt have to move anything. Im not joking either. I am going to move one battery pack forward slightly though just to make it a little nose heavy for the maiden.

younger individuals should not click the photos to enlarge them as the nose art is accurate for the time, but not appropriate for young kids.

Uh, I know there is a mustang in the second picture somewhere, Ha Ha. I must say, I am impressed with your bird. I am a real sucker for planes with beautiful women on the side.

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RE: New Hangar 9 1.50 P-51 Build - 4/11/2008 4:05:27 AM

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ORIGINAL: kahloq

Well... its time. You've all been waiting for pics so here ya go. Surprise!!!!!!!!!!

Last pic is on the balance stand. Manual says 6 3/8" back from LE against fuse. It was perfectly balanced right off the bat. No added weight and I didnt have to move anything. Im not joking either. I am going to move one battery pack forward slightly though just to make it a little nose heavy for the maiden.

younger individuals should not click the photos to enlarge them as the nose art is accurate for the time, but not appropriate for young kids.

I'm a little confused. we dont want kiddies to see pictures of semi-clad chicks. we dont want the kiddies to see curse words.

But weapons designed to kill and maim are ok?

and nobody finds this logic odd?

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RE: New Hangar 9 1.50 P-51 Build - 4/11/2008 4:53:34 AM

Rip n Bank

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ORIGINAL: kahloq

Although I like Rip's suggestion, I simply epoxied them in place. If there is damage where one side or the other needs complete replacement, its not gonna matter since it'll be pretty badly destroyed...and probably a some of of the rest of the plane as well. So, simply using a file or something to get the epoxy residue off the alum. tube would be needed once the damaged part is pulled off. Sure, alot more work then undoing a screw, but, I dont have a tap screw.

Sorry, I've been out of town on pleasure and business since last Friday, with no time to access this thread!

I'm the first to agree that if you heavily damage a stabilizer when flying the plane, there probably ain't too much forward of that spot worth repairing!

However, I do stupid "hangar rash" accidents on occasion, including the walking of a horizontal stabilizer into a door jamb on the way to the garage.

99% of the aerodynamic load on the stabilizer is not translated to the screw tapped into the thin sidewalls of the stabilizer spar, so I don't worry much about that not holding up.

Bottom line: in practice, there's probably not much difference between screwing on the stab w/ blue loctite, or epoxying on the stab, instead.

Rip

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RE: New Hangar 9 1.50 P-51 Build - 4/11/2008 4:55:42 AM

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ORIGINAL: kahloq

Well... its time. You've all been waiting for pics so here ya go. Surprise!!!!!!!!!!

Last pic is on the balance stand. Manual says 6 3/8" back from LE against fuse. It was perfectly balanced right off the bat. No added weight and I didnt have to move anything. Im not joking either. I am going to move one battery pack forward slightly though just to make it a little nose heavy for the maiden.

younger individuals should not click the photos to enlarge them as the nose art is accurate for the time, but not appropriate for young kids.

Drop dead freakin' gorgeous, kahloq!

Rip

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RE: New Hangar 9 1.50 P-51 Build - 4/11/2008 4:59:29 AM

Rip n Bank

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Finally got the maiden in yesterday. Three flights with no mishaps. None all too pretty though. It wanted to climb hard; took 15 clicks of down elevator, but looking at it on the ground, it didn't really deflect the elevator too much. I might have had it a bit up at neutral to start. I think the balance is OK. It needs a little down to fly inverted, but not too much. Tried the flaps on the second landing, but didn't have enough speed up during touchdown. It put a bit of stress on the gear, but everything held up well. The last landing was the best; a bit of a cross wind blew me off the asphault runway onto the grass, but I kept the shiny side up. I leaned out the Saito 220 after the first flight. It's turning about 8700 with the 18x8 MAS. It felt like I could have gone leaner, but I'll wait until a few more flights. Not sure at what point it happened, but the weld on the Keleo exhaust broke between the short header pipe and the muffler. I know I heard of this happen