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Will a reduction unit from Byron P51 work in a Bud Nosen 102" Mustang?

gary9648

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Sorry, but in my opinion it will not work unless you keep the weight down to around 25-28 pounds. Mine with retracts, Robarts, and a G-62 came out at 38 pounds. Now I did not build it as reccommended by Nosen. I put alot more reinforcement in the wing sadle area and the wing where the retracts go. Now my friend had one that flew on a G38 with spring air type retracts and weighed 24 pounds. No interrior detail and no surface detail. Looked good at 50 ft. Flew well but was under powered. He later installed a G62 and it came alive. The Nosen Mustang while not being very scale is a great flying sport scale model of the P-51.
Gary

sj crash

Hey Gary
Plane looks good. I am building one also and have installed 154 Robarts in it with a large air tank. The problem I have is I get one retraction cycle starting at 100#. I am using dubro wheels which weigh 11oz each. What has been your experience
Dan

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Thanks for the input.I think I will forget the reduction drive. I will start to biuld the plane in a few months and was trying to learn what others were doing .There is so much great info here its taking sometime to digest it all.I havent biult a plane for 15 years and it seems like a lot has changed.I bought a byron p51 that was biult and it needs to be redone.I am in search of a manual for this plane if anyone can help I sure would appreciate it .Thanks again and nice looking plane.

IFLYRC-RCU

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I use a Q 100 in mine. Way powerful and fast. It's heavy as it's all glassed, but lands like a kitten. Fun sport scale 51

Try a search for an "updated nosen P 51 plan". Someone made some tweaks to the plans to make the fuse a bit more scale.. and shows retract installation. Also has a 3 pc wing.

Have fun !

gary9648

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SJ, I had the same problem with the Robart gear not being able to raise the new aluminum wheels also . I talked to them about my problem and they sent me larger air cylinders that helped out quite abit. Also using the UPS control valve does slow the Robarts down with heavy wheels. On the other hand Sierra gear does not have that problem. I used their gear on my Fiberclassics P-51 and have had no problems. Sierra installs cylinders large enough that you only need about 80 pounds of air pressure to start out with. I also use two of the large air tanks in parrellel to add more capacity. I also like Sierra's air lines also. He has them in many colors and they are more flexable and go over the "Ts" and cylinder nipples easier. My Mustang also incorporated a three piece wing that I designed with the help of Jim Martin. We used the same wing attachment that Byron used. Two aluminum spars in each wing panel that fit into aluminum channels in the center section on each side and was held in place with allen set screws from the bottom of the wing.
hope this helps.
Gary
Hope to see some of you at Toledo. I will be there on Friday.

skull1971

Gentlemen, outstanding work!! Those Stangs are really something. Thank you for sharing the pic's.

sj crash

Thank Gary, big help I will talk to Robart about the bigger air cylinders and I was thinking of the 2 tanks. Won't be able to make Toledo. Have a great time
Dan

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Thanks for all the info .I will make Toledo on Friday too,taking grandson .