G'day tdevince,
I have three of the 1400mm D Mustangs, BBD came as a V7 and had been upgraded to full V8 specs with a 580 motor. This meant replacing the 3 mm axle in the landing gear and all the three second equipment.
She has over one hundred flights and I have replaced the flap servos after a wheels up, flaps down landing after a battery failure. The flaps hit the turf and stripped the final drive cog in the servos. No other damage and the BBD has had two wheels up landings so far and neither even took any paint off.
Oh, this is BBD number two as the first unit was cut in half while waiting to taxi out for a ground test. Another pilot lost control during landing [with a big glow unit] and went right through her like a hot knife through butter. So I had a few spares straight away!!:rolleyes:
Number two is the Shangri La and she has topped the 100 as well and is fitted with a MR Sound unit gifted to me by Shirty [thanks again!!!!].
She arrived as a 7.5 but is also full V8 specs with a 580. Everything else is stock and I have not had to replace anything on her* except an outer gear door when I was in a hurry and got my feet in the way and kicked the door.
Number three with sixty six flights is the Duchess Arlene. She arrived fully V8 specs and had a 580 motor in place and so far I have change nothing on her at all. But I might swap out the sequencer as a precaution.
*One thing I have done on all the Mustangs is have some bronze bushes made to prevent the C clip from wearing through the wheel hub. Take a look at yours just in case this is happening.
I use and totally recommend a product called INOX for all lubrication. The black can is the best with teflon in it but the dark blue can with a red lid is very good as well. It does not harm the foam and it does not go sticky and attract dust like other spray lubricants.
And it really helps with the tail wheel if you fly off grass as I do.
One thing I would like to ask of pilots with a couple of these birds, which one is the easiest to see?
I find the DA to be the best.
One thing that they all do is disappear into the blue sky when making a turn away from the pilots' box with the sun behind them. The silver reflects the blue and the model just blends right in to the sky. Thankfully, they are only lost for a moment and the red tail / rudder helps to keep track. I almost lost BBD in a cloudy background one day and I was struggling to work out which way she was going. I pushed the stick right and she turned right and I knew then that she was going away from me and she had got a long way away in a very short time.
I find the Mustang a very easy model to fly but this might be because I came up the steps of the learning curve.
Hope you all had a change to annoy the gravity Gods over the weekend.
Regards and respect
Daryl
I have three of the 1400mm D Mustangs, BBD came as a V7 and had been upgraded to full V8 specs with a 580 motor. This meant replacing the 3 mm axle in the landing gear and all the three second equipment.
She has over one hundred flights and I have replaced the flap servos after a wheels up, flaps down landing after a battery failure. The flaps hit the turf and stripped the final drive cog in the servos. No other damage and the BBD has had two wheels up landings so far and neither even took any paint off.
Oh, this is BBD number two as the first unit was cut in half while waiting to taxi out for a ground test. Another pilot lost control during landing [with a big glow unit] and went right through her like a hot knife through butter. So I had a few spares straight away!!:rolleyes:
Number two is the Shangri La and she has topped the 100 as well and is fitted with a MR Sound unit gifted to me by Shirty [thanks again!!!!].
She arrived as a 7.5 but is also full V8 specs with a 580. Everything else is stock and I have not had to replace anything on her* except an outer gear door when I was in a hurry and got my feet in the way and kicked the door.
Number three with sixty six flights is the Duchess Arlene. She arrived fully V8 specs and had a 580 motor in place and so far I have change nothing on her at all. But I might swap out the sequencer as a precaution.
*One thing I have done on all the Mustangs is have some bronze bushes made to prevent the C clip from wearing through the wheel hub. Take a look at yours just in case this is happening.
I use and totally recommend a product called INOX for all lubrication. The black can is the best with teflon in it but the dark blue can with a red lid is very good as well. It does not harm the foam and it does not go sticky and attract dust like other spray lubricants.
And it really helps with the tail wheel if you fly off grass as I do.
One thing I would like to ask of pilots with a couple of these birds, which one is the easiest to see?
I find the DA to be the best.
One thing that they all do is disappear into the blue sky when making a turn away from the pilots' box with the sun behind them. The silver reflects the blue and the model just blends right in to the sky. Thankfully, they are only lost for a moment and the red tail / rudder helps to keep track. I almost lost BBD in a cloudy background one day and I was struggling to work out which way she was going. I pushed the stick right and she turned right and I knew then that she was going away from me and she had got a long way away in a very short time.
I find the Mustang a very easy model to fly but this might be because I came up the steps of the learning curve.
Hope you all had a change to annoy the gravity Gods over the weekend.
Regards and respect
Daryl
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