Official FMS 1400mm P-51D V8 Thread

[wrongroad]

G'day gooniac,
That did come to a sudden stop:Silly:
Did it manage to pull the tail wheel tub out of the machine?
It goes to show that there are many ways to damage a plane!;)
If we did not see. we may not have believed it.....

@ shirty, blues 1, maroons 0
That was one of the best games I have seen. [ for our mates overseas I am talking about the Australian Rugby League State of Origin games. New South Wales v Queensland and there is no love lost on the field]
It was mistake free for the first half. I can advise our mates on the forum to look it up if you can find it. A cracker of a game regardless of the result.

Still two games to go though for the series. Can not claim bragging rights just yet.

[Grossman56]

Yeah, I remember watching Ryan fly Dallas Darling in the flight video and deciding right there that I had to have a B model

Grossman56

[F106DeltaDart]

Hey DD, there is just something about the B model isn't there!
Recently put a 650 kv in mine and she flies like a dream.
I painted mine to look a little war weary and had comments from people asking how old the plane was! Gotta love that
She's going to Nefi with me, along with 5 of her sisters!!

Grossman56

Looks fantastic Gman! There definitely is something wonderful about the B, such a nice smooth looking airplane.

[boomer108]

There's nothing like the look of a caged canopy.:Win:

[Shirty]

Looks great grossman

[rifleman_btx]

The b will always hold a special place in the heart

[Grossman56]

Had a great time taking Shangri-La flying this morning. 3 years later, she's still flying fantastic! I had almost forgotten how enjoyable this model is to fly after it sat in the hangar for a while. All stock with the exception of a MrRC Sound system. One of my buddies shot some photos of the Mustang in the air as well! Check out the last one of a few seconds before touchdown, it is now one of my favorites.

Hey DD, there is just something about the B model isn't there!
Recently put a 650 kv in mine and she flies like a dream.
I painted mine to look a little war weary and had comments from people asking how old the plane was! Gotta love that

She's going to Nefi with me, along with 5 of her sisters!!

Grossman56

[goosekiller1]

Lol goose. As long as you're having fun mate. :)

bluetongueLOL

[Shirty]

Lol goose. As long as you're having fun mate. :)

[goosekiller1]

Thank you all for the warm welcome to Red Tail Squadron. Just a quick up date my new Red Tail will be delivered tomorrow I'm so stoked.Hey Shirty, Blue Noses are cool too my mate has Petie2 nice aircraft Thanks again Mike!

[gooniac33]

almost forgot... here is something funny....

[gooniac33]

I got lots of flights on the P-51 this past weekend... here are some of the best!!

Here is one that didn't go so well for the others... but I did fine...

Flying with the D model Red Tail

[F106DeltaDart]

Had a great time taking Shangri-La flying this morning. 3 years later, she's still flying fantastic! I had almost forgotten how enjoyable this model is to fly after it sat in the hangar for a while. All stock with the exception of a MrRC Sound system. One of my buddies shot some photos of the Mustang in the air as well! Check out the last one of a few seconds before touchdown, it is now one of my favorites.

[gooniac33]

Sorry to hear about the mishaps guys... we had some issues this weekend too. A mid air between Eleven Hobbies Bearcat and FMS P-51D... Mine flew flawless all weekend aside from a runway incident. I will upload that later and share... Lots of great flights this weekend and I am really tempted to just leave it as stock!!!

[rifleman_btx]

I had the same thing happen with my p38, myself and a buddy had a miss communication and both called to land, I said I was needing to land now, but he didn't hear me. So I tracked around and then I was on my base to turn final. Nope, battery wouldn't have any of it. So I dipped the nose kicked it as close as I could into the wind, threw flaps and just couldn't get my speed up to get her down safely... So she smacked in pretty heavily busted the struts and one gear door. Other than that no damage done to the structure. She will fly again.

[wrongroad]

boomer108 ang,
Well, I messed up toady.
On the second flight of the day with Shangri La, I was coming in with a sick battery [need some new ones, badly] and only the left hand gear came down.
A go around was not an option and neither did I have time to get the gear up.
I did have enough time to get the flaps up and a one leg landing was the outcome. Luckily it was not too bad but I finally managed to wreck a retract mech. The left hand leg looks really sad and may be beyond repair but I do carry spares. Of course, the right hand gear cycled as it should afterwards. Typical.
No other damage though, so it should not take too long to fix. Just frustrating.
I had gone out to the field ready to stay all day but I was meet by a very heavy fog, that actually had aircraft orbiting the local airport until ten AM. As we are only 2.8 nM away from the airport we could see the aircraft stacking up. We also have to have a scanner to monitor radio coms and land our models if asked to do so.
After the fog had lifted, I took SL up for the first flight and was shocked when I did a loop that took the model into some very low cloud. Time to just do circuits and keep visual.
The second flight gave me the problems.
Then it started to rain and it stayed like that for the rest of the day. Home for a nana nap.
It has been perfect weather all week while I was at work. Figures!!

@ boomer,
Mate, what an honour.

Regards and respect
Daryl

[boomer108]

My crew and I had a chance to take about six of the Tuskegee airmen for a refueling mission back in the 90s. What an honor that was and what great bunch of gentleman with some good stories.

Roy B.

[rifleman_btx]

Very good movies. Absolutely solid pilots

[Grossman56]

Right on Wrongroad !!
What a battle just to have a chance to fight for their country. Both movies, Red tails and Tuskegee Airmen are so well worth watching if you haven't already.

Grossman56

[wrongroad]

Those men were just so good and so brave and so under rated.
They had to be twice as good to be just good enough if that makes sense.
Long live the Red Tails!

Now this is not to take anything away from anyone else either.
We have the life we have today because of a lot of brave men and women and we are forever in their debt.
We should never forget them nor the current day soldier.

Regards and respect
Daryl