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Old 08-24-2003 | 08:51 PM
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Default P-51 high speed handling problems
Originally posted by Ben Lanterman
.... To stop it you just need to remove the covering and put in some diagonal wing ribs to give some more torsional rigidity.
Or, of course, sheet the leading edge top and bottom back to about 40% and cap strip the rest back to the trailing edge.

Ben, it's "FleaFli". Like you I had a +10 built from the kit. I "only" put a Veco 19 into mine and it was a stormer at that. I can't imagine what it would be like with the 40.....

Mine only lasted one day. It was flying fine but I pulled up across the face of the sun (no sunglasses either)for an Immelman and the loss of vision blanked out the model for a moment too long. When I saw it again the nose was pointed straight down from coming around the loop to far. I then did one of those.... "UP... NO... DOWN.... NO.... UP ! ! ! " thingies and it was all over...... The 4 or 5 flights I did have on it showed that it was a lovely flyer too. The kit came out way overweight but the thick section just didn't seem to care.
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