jet22b

Very nice job, flyboy0608!!! That is a very good job on the cowling for the head of your engine. I just have to buy another Blue Nose for my hangar. I still like this plane. Just the way it look!! May I ask, what is the weight of the plane??? I hope you have a good first flight with your blue nose and please give us a flight report when you do!!
Again, great job on your Blue Nose P-51
BTW: I love your onboard glow system!!!

Sonny
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jet22b

flyboy0608

Thanks jet22b, I really appreciate the comments. I tried my best to make her look good. She weighs exactly 10 lbs. Because of the lack of time on my part, she probably will not get air-born until next week. But i will surely report back to you guys on her maiden flight. I will also try and post video on the break in of the 95AX. Do you think it will power the plane good? I think it will.

Alex
Flyboy0608

jet22b

Alex;

I think the 95AX will give good power for this bird!! When I had my Blue Nose, I had a OS 1.20 FS in the nose and her weight was 11.5 lbs!! Alot of that weight came from the 1.20FS. Take your time and check and re-check everything for her maiden flight and I pray you have a good one!!!
Take care.

Sonny
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jet22b

flyboy0608

Thanks,..the old timers at the hobby store also think it will power it good. I still have to CG her and as I said, break in the engine this week. But I am very excited to get her up in the air. Can you tell me again how you lost your blue nose ? Sorry, so many postings, I can't remember right now.

jet22b

I pull her into the air before it was ready to fly!! Tip Stall her at 5 to 10 feet. See picture of what was left. I just order today from Tower the Top Flite P-40 Warhawk 60 ARF, but, like I said, I will buy another Hangar 9 Blue Nose P-51 ARF. I am also looking at the Top Flite P-51 ARF that Tower also have!! Please don't tell the wife, or, she will take my check book and cards away!!!
Sonny
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jet22b

flyboy0608

Wow,..that is sad to look at. I hear nothing but good things about the TF p51. I actually bought the TFp51 and then returned it for the Blue Nose. Hopefully,..I hope it was not a mistake. We will find out soon enough. thanks again for your reply and I will be getting back to you guys.

Pit-Viper 1

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I had my first P-51 brake the fuse in half, looked exactly like yours. Sorry to see that. It took a buddy of mine about 3 days of piecing it back together and it flew as good as knew. Mine was a battery issue on an RTF so they sent me a new plane. I was flying the old one by the time it arrived. It's not a bad fix.


Shane

brianfp_400

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Afetr owning my P-51 Blue nose for a year and crashing it this weekend. I'v decided to cut my losses with this plane. Here is a tentative list of what is salvaged, ueable, in good shape, and available for sale from my bird:

Complete left wing w/all servo hatches (very few scratches/marks)
wing joiner tube
Cowl (some scratches)
Blue spinner w/ backplate and spinner bolt
Blue metal stock retract set with mounting bolts
Two RT88 retract servos (bench tested to work fine)
Four DS821 Standard digital servos (bench tested to work fine)
Two Sets of main gear struts (I had a spare and the original is good too)
Set of wheels
Reversing y harness
lots of servo extensions of various size
Rear tail wheel assembly complete
Four Zippy 4s 25c 5000man Lipo batteries. In great shape, less than a dozen flights, all balance.

Message me if interested in anything. Send an email address and I'll send you a picture and price. You will be doing me a favor buying my leftovers.

Thanks,
Brian

wesjon

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Hey Brian, sorry to hear about the crash. What caused it?

flyboy0608

Hey Sonny, and the rest of the guys,

Just wanted to give you guys a heads up on my blue nose. I had the OS 95AX break in this week and it was all good. Very powerful engine by the way. She should fly well with this one. Also checked her CG and really did not have to touch a thing. She was just slightly nose heavy, which is not bad. It is a cement runway so tipping over on take off will not be a problem. I didn't touch it since it was not a big deal At least she is not tail heavy,..that would be a problem. Going to run her engine a little today and tom morning she will have her maiden flight. I will take video of ( hopefully ) a successful maiden flight and post it for you guys. Stay tuned till then,..............

Alex

jet22b

God speed, Alex and I hope you have a good maiden flight!!!
And yes we want the flight report!!!!

Sonny
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jet22b

800mZero

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Couple of pics from yesterday thanks to my beautiful wife and son.

ALWAYSPDG

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Zero.

Nice looking Mustang! Great job! Is the prop a staic prop or the real thing?



Mike

Wesrowe

800mZero, she is looking really good. I love the prop, gives it such a great scale look. What wheels do you have on? I bought Robarts but they dont fit the supplied axl. Even using the spacers that came with them, either too tight or too loose. Any help would be much appreciated!

Thanks

800mZero

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It will fly on that prop however it is more efficient on a APC 15.5X12X4.

800mZero

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Thay are robarts-take the tight spacers, glue them in place. and give eme a little touch with a slightly larger/correct axel size. drill bit.

Wesrowe

Great! I will do that asap. Thanks alot for the advice!

flyboy0608

Nice Plane,..if you don't mind me asking,..what kind of paint did you use to paint the plane the yellow i has now. I like it better than the original blue. Also,..what engine are you running in it ? Great job ! !

800mZero

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polly scale acrylics out of an airbrush for the paint, and mine is electric power 110 on 8s. The paint scheme is my Uncles plane, he unfotunately was shot down and KIA 3 days before the end of the war.

jet22b

800mZero;

Thanks for sharing your pictures. Your son look like he was saying, enough pictures, let's go flying!!! Oh wait, that was the plane!!! Great job with the Blue Nose. I am still trying to make up my mind to go with another Blue Nose or the Top Flite P-51 60 ARF!!! I would just buy both, but, the wife would kill me!!!!
Again, beautiful plane and son!!

Sonny
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jet22b

flyboy0608

Nice,...It looks good. Thanks for the info. i am giving my Blue nose her maiden flight tomorrow if weather cooperates. It was supposed to be memorial day but the park was closed.

Wesrowe

Hey, does anybody know the size of the wheel axles for the Blue Nose? Thanks!

dionysusbacchus

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This plane does have its problems, but in the air it looks great and I have been able to be very consistent on the landings, even in very windy conditions. Flew Saturday at the Austin club field, it was extremely windy, but the wife managed to get a few flight shots! Anyway, I thought I’d post some of what I did with this plane in case anyone is interested. Here is what I added:

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Full Royal/Marutaka cockpit kit with the now discontinued Top Flite pilot figure.

My own scale exhaust
Functional rear cooler door that opens with throttle

Robart retracable tail wheel with working gear doors

Robart 511W1 85 Degree Mains w3/16” wire retracts

Robart Robostrut 4” wheel 7/16”

O.S. 75AX ABL

Top Flite In Cowl Muffler and Header

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The full cockpit did not alter the stock radio set up, I just built a box over the servos and it acts as the pilot seat. My plane came out lighter than most because I cut out lots of unnecessary wood. As an example, my hatch with the full cockpit weighs 2oz less than the stock hatch without a cockpit. Removing the hatch removes most of the cockpit because the sides are attached to the hatch. The pilot is held in with a functional 3-point harness, the harness is held to the seat back with Velcro. I have about 20 flights on my plane now, but you can view the maiden here on my Youtube channel along with some other video’s regarding the mods shown here:

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaUL_IjOpqA

dionysusbacchus

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Of note is the nylon bolts I’m using to hold on the cowl, went to Home Depot and picked those up along with the proper tap. Replaced the mounting blocks with new ones and tapped them out for the bolts, works great.

Few more pictures:

ALWAYSPDG

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Hey Dion.

Very nice plane. Excellent craftsmanship too! You did a really nice job! Good video too. You inspire me to do better detail work!

Thanks for all the PICS and the video! Great job! Great ideas on the custom stuff you did to your P-51. Cockpit is just the bomb!!!

Just can't say enough!

Mike