Thanks, Steve. I was able to pull it up now. Not right away, but possibly a winter project, I am considering buying a stock P-51 cockpit aside from the OEM one that I fly now, and buy and install the detailed cockpit to see how that comes out. One interesting thing on the gunsight that comes with it, it seems to be a lighted image of the reticle on the HUD, and is a K-14A gunsight. That late model gunsight made it into ships starting in the summer of 1944. I might use that one, although more accurate would be modding my printed N9 gunsight that Danger Dan designed and add the light onto that gunsight to reflect it onto the clear angled glass screen.
It looks to me that you would still need to use a modified pilot (without the bottom half to fit into the cockpit ok, similar to what I did with my 3D printed pilot for my OEM cockpit.
I have seen this modified detailed cockpit interior for sale on RC Castle out of Hong Kong. It is considerably cheaper than Ali Baba, but haven't looked into it that much yet.
I also like the idea of going to a larger, more scale prop similar to what I did with my FMS 1.5M P-47s. The underscale OEM prop on the 1.6M P-51 doesn't bother me, yet, but I might change my mind on that as I get better flying this one.
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Dave,
Check post number-492 by Flyer Phill.
There is a link that is working for me anyway.
I tried to post the vendor link and it will not open.
I figure it is too long.
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Hi Elbee: I went to the link I think you were referring to on a cockpit at the "other" website. When I tried to pull it up, it just came up as a "404" page and never came up with anything on it. Do you have another link that I could use to see what you're talking about?
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Hey all,
You know how much I like building cockpits.
Saw this post and link in the 'other' forum.
Really very cool, IMHO.
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I have not read through all 25 pages of comments, my apologies. My Flightline P-51 is a bit of a pooch at full throttle, does anyone have a recommended upgrade to the Flightline 390KV motor? One that has been tried...
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Good to hear, Hugh! Back in the day, I used to have the Corsair, P-47, and P-51 in 1700mm size and they were pretty doggy, especially at my altitude of 6,000' MSL. Glad to hear you have success with your new Corsair! Good on 'ya!Finally got to maiden my lumbering beast the FMS 1700mm P-51 with the upgraded EFlight Power 60 470 Kv motor. OMG, it was unbelievable!
Got over 7:00 on an SMC HiV V3 5100ma pack. Takes off at half throttle and cruises nicely at half throttle as it used to at FULL throttle. Went vertical at wasn't slowing down at 600 feet so I turned back down as my high altitude altimeter warning was having a conniption fit. 
I'm sure the motor from the new Flightline 1600mm would also be a decent upgrade, but I can say for certainty that the Power 60 is "The Bomb". 
Have now idea how fast it was but it sure turned the absolute least favorite plane to fly in my hangar into a real keeper. A Hangar 9 gas powered P-51 could not keep up with me. I know it was extremely fast as from 3/4 throttle to full throttle level flying my seemingly modest aileron rate gain setting of 38% on the gyro was too much and had to dial it down to 22%, unhear of in my stable of WWII tail draggers.
Am I Happy with the upgrade? Like a pig in
Still intend on getting the Flightline 1600mm P-51 as it looks to be an awesome aircraft.
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Finally got to maiden my lumbering beast the FMS 1700mm P-51 with the upgraded EFlight Power 60 470 Kv motor. OMG, it was unbelievable! Got over 7:00 on an SMC HiV V3 5100ma pack. Takes off at half throttle and cruises nicely at half throttle as it used to at FULL throttle. Went vertical at wasn't slowing down at 600 feet so I turned back down as my high altitude altimeter warning was having a conniption fit. I'm sure the motor from the new Flightline 1600mm would also be a decent upgrade, but I can say for certainty that the Power 60 is "The Bomb". Have now idea how fast it was but it sure turned the absolute least favorite plane to fly in my hangar into a real keeper. A Hangar 9 gas powered P-51 could not keep up with me. I know it was extremely fast as from 3/4 throttle to full throttle level flying my seemingly modest aileron rate gain setting of 38% on the gyro was too much and had to dial it down to 22%, unhear of in my stable of WWII tail draggers.
Am I Happy with the upgrade? Like a pig in Still intend on getting the Flightline 1600mm P-51 as it looks to be an awesome aircraft.
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Testing out the machine gun sounds at my local club. Could not hear them so taken the sound system out. https://youtu.be/MhRl2iUWOBULeave a comment:
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Yas r making me feel young.... 61.
talking teck my not so new now fly friend has setup my as3x on a adjustable knob.... For me. He is better than me at teck(not hard). Anyway. Last few crosswind landings absolute butter level wings... Turn gains to full on final and vwalla
we have been trying to do Jon from two brothers throttle based or position gains .. but not yet.. so 4 regular flyers it is well worth getting with the program. That's not on 
this p51 but same applies b safe
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Elbee,
This puppy doesn't move fast anymore. LOL
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Hi BL_41: interesting. That is the same spot where one of my gear broke. I ended up buying two retracts and all the landing gear struts, wheels, etc. That's overkill, but they didn't have just the struts for sale, and besides I can have them in reserve for any future "accidents." That's strange that they had a weird size, for sure. They should have standard size for all of us who work with these things.
Thanks for the input.
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Davegee,
I'm 70 and had cataract surgery in 2020. I have 20/20 vision but the light does play tricks. Just one of the joys growing old. I am installing a Spektrum rec in the P-47 and hope to get back in the air soon. Only have 2 flights before the Toledo show. Learning so much tech on this new radio on my sport planes,I can't wait to use it on my warbirds.
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A couple of months ago I stalled my P-51 and bent the left side oleo. When I went to remove the oleo I found the bolt has on odd size head (at least on mine). Neither US or metric standard sizes fit. I dremelled a 3/32" down to .088" to get a fit.
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Hi Rex: thanks. I didn't have problems flying at dawn or dusk for many years, but the other day, it became a problem, really, for the first time. Doesn't help that I'll be 72 in less than a month! I still don't wear glasses for near or far objects, but it's best to dial it back a bit to better lighting conditions to help ensure safe flying. The P-51 will be just fine. I just wish MRC wasn't so short of key parts. Maybe lots of other pilots are having similar problems getting used to this new airplane??
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Sorry to hear of mishap but old Dogs can learn new tricks. Hang in there Dave.
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I had a slight mishap with my P-51D yesterday morning, and it has made me reconsider the parameters I'll stay within to prevent it from happening from here on out. Due to winds frequently increasing to unacceptable levels for foamies at my home field during the day, I fly my planes in the summer as early as possible and it usually works out well. However, I found yesterday I was flying my plane in what I call "silhouette mode" where the sun angle on the plane makes it look like all black and difficult to know what its attitude is as it zips by in the pattern. Yesterday, while flying my P-51, I decided to cut the flight short for that reason. Also, our east-west runway has the sun right off the end early on this time of year and that can be a Huge problem. While maneuvering my plane for landing under those conditions, I got the plane a bit too slow just above the ground and it stalled. Not major damage, but one of the main landing gear struts will need to be replaced. And I have to go to China for the parts as MRC is totally out of stock on many items. It will be down for 2-3 weeks.
This morning, I took up Hairless Joe and my Cougar, but waited a bit longer until the sun was higher. That totally fixed that silhouette problem, and landings were pretty good and predictable on my P-47 and Cougar. And SO much better and easier to see them fly. So, I've learned something.
Cheers
Davegee
I'll attach a pic of Hairless Joe after its 12th flight this morning. Great flyer!
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Thanks Rex! Come to think about it, yeah every one of these with the exception of the Hardway P-40 has spent time in the slammer!
So has the Bearcat but it's not discontinued.
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