Originally Posted by
Lifer
I've not owned the Mustang, but have flown a few. Both are good fliers but the gear mount in the Mustang is weak. The P-40 doesn't have that weakness as the central spar is made of aluminum and the gear is attached to that spar.
Ditto, They both are great and fly well, take offs and landings with the Mustang are more challenging. If you go with the TF P51 arf read all the threads. There are wing and retract mods to fix the problems. They are not difficult, and WILL save you many head aches. After the wing mods are done, the wing will be "almost" indestructible unless you you drop it on to concrete from 100 ft. When this happened the only thing left was the spar box ( intact) from tip to tip and the gear mounts also reinforced.