Official FlightLine 1600mm P-51D Mustang Thread

[Elbee]

GliderGuy

So, theoretically you could snip the "Red" throttle lead wire and use a Rx Battery Pack, as well?

Best, LB

[Evan D]

Yes, basically making it opto.

[xviper]

If you happen to use a 10-ch telemetry stabilized Lemon RX, you can have a possibility of 2 additional power sources - BEC1 and BEC2.

https://lemon-rx.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=76&product_id=272

[Aros]

Aros,

Thanks for the detailed reply! I may do something similar to what you did, start with a clean silver canvas as you did, but a with different scheme. Initially, I was hesitant to buy a brand new $600 plane then repaint it. I've done quite a bit of model painting, so I should be fine. I've used the blue tape and done very well with it. I have to say, doing your very own scheme is a lot of fun and when done right, quite rewarding.

You will do great. If this isn't your first rodeo, this is a breeze. Sounds like you are well versed with the blue tape too. Making her your own is in itself the reward. Look forward to your photos!

[n99jh1]

Aros, congrats on the successful maiden and gorgous paint job.

Question: did you strip the original paint or just oversprayed with metallic silver?

[Aros]

Aros, congrats on the successful maiden and gorgous paint job.

Question: did you strip the original paint or just oversprayed with metallic silver?

Thank you very much! I just sprayed over the stock paint. Went on beautifully.

[Chillibadger]

Beautiful job with the repaint, Aros! When I finish my present Hairless Joe project, I'm clearing the tables to pick up one of these new P-51 models!!

Glad your flights are going well. Seems to be a pretty standard remark from others that this is a great new flying airplane!

Cheers

Davegee

great job dude

[Chillibadger]

finally got one to load I don’t know what the issue was

I added invasion stripes to the top of the wing and yellow to the tail. I was having some issues with it silhouetting at a distance in a high wing over. This helped tremendously and although I know it’s not correct to scale for Frenesi, I like it!

love it

[Chillibadger]

Here's my P-51; all stock. I have flown on a Boltx 5400mah 6s with a Radiomaster ER8 receiver.

[paulrkytek]

Mustang maiden went well this evening, just a few clicks of down elevator trim required. I had to fiddle with the wing release buttons, a touch of alloy filing and cleaning a bit of paint off the the push pegs and adding a bit of silicone oil and a couple of dozen presses and they now work fine. One day they will learn how to paint the white bits where the canopy meets the fuselage to hide the white line that inevitably appears. Time for a visit to B&Q for a a small pot of colour matched paint again.

[Evan D]

Congratulations!

[austinrc]

I was excited to see this, but $660 is over the top for this. Just leave off the droppable fuel tanks which you will do once, then decide it isn't worth the 20 minutes searching the field for them, and the flashing wing lights that are supposed to look like machine guns that really just look like flashing lights, and get the price down to a more "reasonable' $550 or so.