Official FlightLine 1600mm P-51D Mustang Thread

[WDivCV61]

I placed my order last night ..... Airplane looks so scale! Any idea when the droppable stores will be available?

Tim at Motion said they have no idea at this time on when the drop actuators will be available. Hopefully not too far off. Mine comes today, anxious.

[davegee]

I’d like to see what the other decal sets look like. I’d like to do Tangerine or Old Crow.

Callie could certainly fix you up with one of those or most anything else you'd like to create.

Cheers

davegee

[JamesonC]

I’d like to see what the other decal sets look like. I’d like to do Tangerine or Old Crow.

[Merlinfan]

I’d like to see what the other decal sets look like. I’d like to do Tangerine or Old Crow.

[f4u ausie]

Was my point

[xviper]

To quote X viper. My fone does not do that.. the freewing U tube channel definitely says. 390 kv. Having trouble. With pics again. Unless U guys get a different motor. Again which is it

Your are right. The YouTube video and the manual both say 390kv. I'm going to tend to believe and go with these 2 sources. When this thread first started, I noticed 2 conflicting numbers but it has since been changed to state only the 340kv. That being the case, I'm going to go back and change my post using the 390kv. This would alter my guesses as to the final performance when going with the larger FMS prop (but less pitch).

[Aros]

My buddy texted me today..."I've noticed a lot of people are selling their E-flite Mustangs. Coincidence?"

[f4u ausie]

To quote X viper. My fone does not do that.. the freewing U tube channel definitely says. 390 kv. Having trouble. With pics again. Unless U guys get a different motor. Again which is it

[vrosi1963]

Any scheme but green . blue nose ect

[Aros]

Freewing has definitely become much more jet-centric. Trust me when I say we all want this model to sell very well so they will be more inclined to continue offering great FlightLine EPO warbirds. I'll be getting one for sure and yes, I will also be repainting her in a silver livery (but keep the uber cool invasion stripes).

[davegee]

My thought as well. First thing to go would be the green paint. I've had three Mustangs, all silver (one Flite Metal) the 'D's weren't green for very long, the 'B's were more likely to be green.
I was leaning towards "Contrary Mary" which was WZ-I, the same as Big Beautiful Doll, but a different tail number and even more checkerboard. My theory is she was assigned the squadron number after Landers left?


Grossman56
(Dangerous Dan)

Hi Dan: Yes, that sounds reasonable that once Landers left, that airplane ID would be available to any pilot assigned to it. Had Landers still been there with that airplane and they really needed the same ID numbers, they would have put a "bar" underneath the "I" to designate that there was another WZ-I already in the squadron. That happened with some frequency.

Cheers

Davegee

[davegee]

FW/ FL has released planes in both green and silver before. That said I doubt they will on this one unless it really really sells well.

I historically liked the silver schemes better thou the silver shows the foam cells more.

Good point. Unfortunately the dark colors are more sensitive to heating if left out in the summer sun sometimes even for a few minutes at my elevation 5-6000 feet MSL, and can cause that awful gatoring in just minutes!

Cheers

Davegee

[Elbee]

My thought as well...
I was leaning towards "Contrary Mary" which was WZ-I


Grossman56
(Dangerous Dan)

DD,

Great livery choice, she's a beaut.

Best, LB

[Evan D]

FW/ FL has released planes in both green and silver before. That said I doubt they will on this one unless it really really sells well.

I historically liked the silver schemes better thou the silver shows the foam cells more.

[Grossman56]

My thought as well. First thing to go would be the green paint. I've had three Mustangs, all silver (one Flite Metal) the 'D's weren't green for very long, the 'B's were more likely to be green.
I was leaning towards "Contrary Mary" which was WZ-I, the same as Big Beautiful Doll, but a different tail number and even more checkerboard. My theory is she was assigned the squadron number after Landers left?


Grossman56
(Dangerous Dan)

[e4dragongunner]

Ordered!

[vrosi1963]

Looks very accurate , why do they keep producing everything in Green again and not offer silver and green , what do you thing people . i get sick or repainting almost every arf now just like the B25 arg still way better than the 1500mm e-flight Fake non scale blue P51D

[xviper]

I wonder if the FMS 1700mm prop blades are closer and swapable?

I'm sure if you really wanted to, you could make it work. However ............................... This P-51 uses a 16 X 12 prop, turned by a 390kv motor. The FMS 1700 uses a 17 X 9, turned by a 360kv motor. The FMS prop has much less "bite" than the FL prop. To be more equal, it needs to be 17 X 11. The FL motor is close in kv but is slightly more max speed. The FL plane is about 0.8kg lighter. Hard to say if performance would be the same. You'd have to try it and see.

In a similar line of thinking, it may be worth seeing if this motor would give the FMS 1700mm P-51 a small boost in performance. It came with an 85A ESC, so it may just be able to take it.

[Grossman56]

I wonder if they're the same props they used on the Freewing P 51. I was looking for parts and I see that it's gone as well as the Tigercat. I'm starting to have some rare birds.....

Grossman56
(Dangerous Dan)

[Aros]

Yeah would love a 100% scale prop but still looks good to me.