Official FlightLine 1600mm P-51D Mustang Thread

[Grossman56]

Hi guys, let me chime in here.
I went over the tank and reduced the wall thickness in the center section from 3.5mm to 2.0mm then reduced the reinforcing in the nose and tail by half.
The one thing that either of us didn't consider was the CG of the tank itself, which could cause some of the problem when you get into such relatively large pieces.
Anyway, the V3A Light will look and fit together exactly the same, so we'll see what the weight comes out as.
I'll say one thing, they look freaking AWESOME! if I do say so myself, I've only seen the design but to physically see my creation is just such a thrill!

Grossman56
(Dangerous Dan)

[Grossman56]

Now I have to somehow get my hands on one of these planes so I can hang a set on my own!!

[davegee]

Now I have to somehow get my hands on one of these planes so I can hang a set on my own!!

Hi Dan: I have been looking into another idea on the tanks. My CG for the V3A tanks is too far aft. I'm thinking with your new lightened tank parts, if I move the slot on the tank back about .75"-1" it will align closer to the airplane's actual CG which has a manufacturer's mark on the bottom of the wing. This would also take a lot of the strain off the downward movement of the aft part of the tank that I experienced today. This would allow the single connector on the pylon maybe to hold the tank in place, instead of it falling off during taxi trials. That's what I'm thinking, anyway.

When you get the new lightened parts finished, send them to my gmail and I'll print them up, make the slot for the tank to pylon aft about .75 inches or so, and see if we can get the tank CG and the airplane's CG to get pretty close together. That might be the secret to getting these large drop tanks to work like we want them to!

Cheers

Davegee