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Post subject: Re: T-51 Mustang ?  Posted: 24 Jan 2023, 14:19 |
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Username Protected wrote: Check the accident record. Scaled, experimental P51s seem to crash a lot.
I’m offering no analysis of why. Just observing that I have seen more reports than I would expect. I would probably add to that statistic if I tried to fly one. Evergreen Airlines had a really nice P-51 that they kept down at Marana for awhile. A very famous female acro air show pilot came down to Marana to take the plane up, and she ground looped it. 
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Post subject: Re: T-51 Mustang ? Posted: 24 Jan 2023, 14:26 |
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Username Protected wrote: ...with a Honda Pilot 3.5 V6? Really?! PSRU?
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Post subject: Re: T-51 Mustang ? Posted: 24 Jan 2023, 14:36 |
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Username Protected wrote: ...with a Honda Pilot 3.5 V6? Really?! PSRU?
http://www.barnstormers.com/ad_detail.php?id=1793514
There it is. I don't know what PSRU means. I hope it's as good as SWMBO I just learned about. 
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Post subject: Re: T-51 Mustang ? Posted: 24 Jan 2023, 17:18 |
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The nose to mains looks way too long, while the mains to the tail looks way too short.......I don't KNOW, academically if this is a problem, but, it looks like one to me.
Then there is the engine..........(although, Honda was probably a great choice for longevity/durability.....)
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Post subject: Re: T-51 Mustang ? Posted: 24 Jan 2023, 18:08 |
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wow that's a lot of money for a 1-seater with a car engine
for a single seater, I'd much rather have an RV3 or Onex vs that thing
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Post subject: Re: T-51 Mustang ? Posted: 24 Jan 2023, 18:33 |
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Username Protected wrote: Check the accident record. Scaled, experimental P51s seem to crash a lot.
I’m offering no analysis of why. Just observing that I have seen more reports than I would expect. I would probably add to that statistic if I tried to fly one. Evergreen Airlines had a really nice P-51 that they kept down at Marana for awhile. A very famous female acro air show pilot came down to Marana to take the plane up, and she ground looped it.
I 1st met Patty there at Marana in the early 90s when she flew the T-28.
She has flown our P-51s some. Seemed to do ok.
[youtube]https://youtu.be/-Ga7b1GFfdU[/youtube]
[youtube]https://youtu.be/QxLqT3hlPDU[/youtube]
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Post subject: Re: T-51 Mustang ? Posted: 24 Jan 2023, 18:37 |
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From my eye either the MLG is too long or the fuselage is to short. That 3 point attitude means you have a long arc of pitch rotation where P Effect is trying to turn you sideways. Doesn't look like a 3 pointer is doable.
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Post subject: Re: T-51 Mustang ? Posted: 24 Jan 2023, 19:31 |
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Username Protected wrote: From my eye either the MLG is too long or the fuselage is to short. That 3 point attitude means you have a long arc of pitch rotation where P Effect is trying to turn you sideways. Doesn't look like a 3 pointer is doable. Similar view after 1st run on new O/H motor. Uggg!!!!! Attachment: be12423.jpeg
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