Profile P-51 for the O.S. .10
10-28-2009, 07:18 PM
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Profile P-51 for the O.S. .10
Here is my next building project. We need another NonTest since the last one was so much fun.Anyway my next design project is a .10 sized P-51 in profile. Flying most likely not until the spring of '10. If this proves airworthy then a twin Mustang P-82!
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RE: Profile P-51 for the O.S. .10
I love the concept but why not make it a touch more scale like? MOve the wing downwards a little and deepen the fuselage to a more scale like depth. That'll give you more side area for knife edge. The wing could still be made flat but to allow for the adverse yaw you'd get from a lower placed wing the tips could be angled up to gain the small amount of dihedral like effect that you'd want. And when I say lower the wing it doesn't need to be down in the scale position. Just enough lower that it makes the model look more scale like.
10-31-2009, 09:52 AM
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RE: Profile P-51 for the O.S. .10
Maybe I'm just a paranoid overbuilder,
but looking at the rearmost lightening holes
I would just not put those particular holes in. For the amount of structural slab left between the holes to maintain the top & bottom rear rails to the front of the plane.... I would just leave the few partial grams of balsa in the slab at that point for confidence in the Slab-Rail transition.
but looking at the rearmost lightening holes
I would just not put those particular holes in. For the amount of structural slab left between the holes to maintain the top & bottom rear rails to the front of the plane.... I would just leave the few partial grams of balsa in the slab at that point for confidence in the Slab-Rail transition.
10-31-2009, 02:11 PM
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RE: Profile P-51 for the O.S. .10
The part that your not seeing yet is the balsa sheeting on both sides of the fuse. While not saving a great deal of weight with the lightening holes they do add up over the entire project. I do appreciate the suggestions though.
As for a P-40 maybe later. I have this P-51 and then a twin P-82 version. We will see.
As for a P-40 maybe later. I have this P-51 and then a twin P-82 version. We will see.
