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Old 11-08-2002 | 04:09 PM
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BernieG
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Default Re: Clipped Wing Mustang

Originally posted by stregaracer007
Does anyone have any experience flying a clipped wing Mustang?

I've got a TF P-51D kit and I'm thinking about clipping the wings to make a Reno Racer. I'm worried about how it will fly afterward.
hahum, if you really want to make a scale reno racer, you will have to clip wings "dyssimetrically" (not sure it's a word !), most of them don't have the same wingspan on left and right, as the goal is to loose as less speed as possible in turns, having more lift on the outside wing help to turn (in fact, to bank) with very small control deflection. Now, It would be perfectly fliable as a model, but you have to be ready for possibles snaps at high speed ( if you turn the other way), fast landings, and so on....

Should make a very "interesting" model, if not very relaxing.....

Bernard