As promised here are the specs for Bill's Mustang;
P-51D Mustang Scale model Specifications
General:
The model is a scratch built semi-scale P-51D Mustang built primarily for Fun Scale contest events. It took about 3 years to build.
Set-up as described below has very good high speed, low speed, touch-and-go, and stopping on ground while running abilities
SOUNDS GREAT TOO.
Size:
Wing span = 72
fuselage length = 51
Engine:
Magnum .80 four-stroke
Uses 10% Nitro / 20% Castor (as specified in engine specs)
8 oz plastic uniflow tank (gets about 7 min on 5 oz)
Operating Surfaces:
Throttle control
flap control
main gears retractable
tail wheel retractable (retracts forward separate from main gears)
Weight:
approx. 7 lbs
Radio Equipment:
All operating surfaces controlled from 2.4G equipment:
o Receiver: Spectrum AR600 (6 chan)
o Transmitter: Spectrum DX5E (5 chan)
o Battery: 1500 mAh, 4 cell, 4.8 V
Lines:
2 lines - 0.021D X 65 ft
Unique features:
Has approx. 2-1/2 in dihedral with lead out wires coming out below the center of the tip to keep the plane level.
Constant voltage on glow plug at all times in flight with rechargeable 1.5V battery switching sys.
Small amount of rudder controlled via Mandakis bell-crank system (i.e. small crank controlled by elevator push-rod); slight right rudder on down control and neutral rudder for up control. This was added just to demonstrate an additional control of an operating surface.
The wing is balsa covered with the entire plane covered with silkspan.
There is carbon veil on top and bottom of the wing past the main landing gears for additional center wing strength.
Of course, because of the size of the plane, the wing is detachable. The leading edge is held by 2 large dowels and the trailing edge is bolted down with 2 metal bolts.
The Mustang bottom radiator assembly is a separate attachment by a bolt.
Ink-lined as authentic as possible to real Mustang.
Finished as the authentic Tuskegee airplanes (i.e. red-tailed).
To keep with the Tuskegee theme, the pilot is an African-American flyer WITH a black mustache (as approved by close black flying friend).
Parabolic spinner as specified for real plane.
With a small amount of effort, the entire cockpit can be removed from the bottom of the fuselage.
I say again: SOUNDS GREAT TOO.