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The P51-D has been designed as an exact scale representation, including panel lines. Over 20,000 rivets, 400+ Phillips head screws, and 100+ slotted head screws have been molded into the Grey gel-coat surface of the fuselage, horizontal surfaces and one piece scale laminar wing with reflex curve at the rear.
The P51-D has a carbon fiber fuselage and horizontal flying surface, along with a carbon fiber wing. The fuselage comes to the modeler complete with all bulk heads and firewall installed. The firewall is drilled to accept the DA 50 Engine with extension and single bolt hub. The elevators are of solid balsa, and need to be shaped by the builder. The rudder parts need to be assembled and covered.
The wing comes complete with only the wing tips and gear to install prior to cutting loose the pre-hinged ailerons and flaps. The wing features a full length aluminum spar and the landing gear plates are installed in the wing. The landing gear plates are riveted to the wing spar, then bedded in epoxy and wrapped in Kevlar. Servo mounting boxes are already installed inside the wing. The wing and landing gear mounting system are the strongest in the industry. They say a picture is worth a thousand words!
Retracts are installed by the modeler in the landing gear plates which have been fabricated in the wing during construction. Four 4-40 tapped holes and attaching the gear doors to the landing gear struts is all that is required by the modeler. The sequencing valve, door cylinders, gear door hardware, main gear, wheels, tail wheel, and all plumbing come with the model.
The recommended engine for the P51-D is a Modified DA 50 coupled with a Slimline Muffler. This exhaust system exits through the bottom of the cowl. It is a Pitts style muffler. Cooling for the DA Engine is provided by intake air through the front scoop and directly over the cylinder head, through a trough in the fuselage, exiting out the radiator door. There is approximately four times as much exit opening area as there is frontal opening.
Each P51-D kit comes with the following:
| 3 View Drawings and Instructions Manual | Aerotech Retracts with Robart Struts. (Mains) | Retractable Tail Wheel (Special Scale by AEROTECH Models) |
| Carbon Fiber Wing Assembly | Pre-shaped Rudder Parts | Gun Blisters and Exhaust Stacks |
| Wing Tips | Elevator Material and Hardware | Hard Points |
| Canopy | 4.75" CNC'd Aluminum Wheels | All Hardware necessary to complete. |
| Carbon Fiber Fuselage Assembly | Gas Tank | Carbon Fiber Cooler Panel |
| Carbon Fiber Gear Doors | Formica floor Pans | Plywood Servo Trays |
| Horizontal Stabilizer | 5 1/2" Aluminum Flying Spinner | Carbon Fiber Lower Cowl |
Complete kit as received by customer
Price for the Complete kit as pictured and described above $2595.00
Shipping and handling costs for the complete kit are currently $189.00 anywhere in the U.S.A. via Yellow Freight Lines.
Call or fax for overseas shipping prices.
Options Currently Available for the Mustang Kit.
| Scale Options Package ------------------$ 75.00 | Modified Slimline Muffler for DA50----- $140.00 |
| Gas Tanks(Dropable) (2) ----------------$ 30.00 | 500# Fiber Glass Bombs -------------- $ 43.00 |
| Plain or Cuffed static prop with Spinner---$ 95.00 | Scale Cockpit Kit -----------------------$ 75.00 |
| Aluminum Flying Spinner (5.5 Inch)-------$ 75.00 | Sliding Canopy Kit ----------------------$120.00 |
| Modified DA 50 Gas Engine--------------$875.00 | Aero Detail #13 Book-------------------$ 29.00 |
| Hayes External Whip Antenna------------$ 8.00 | Formost Bomb Releases-----------------$ 4.00 |
Video Available
A 17 Minute VHS flying video of both the P51-D and the Nakajima KI 84 "Frank" is available for $10.00 (Plus $2.50 for shipping and handling.) It is also available in PAL format for $15.00 (Plus $7.00 for shipping and handling.) This amount will be credited to your account should you decide to purchase either the KI 84, P47, or the P51.
This Mustang is a model of the civilian restoration " ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL", flown by R.A. "Bob" Hoover.
The plane was built by Wayne W. Siewert and entered in team scale at the 1997 TOP GUN competition in Fort Walton Beach, Florida. Wayne's partner and pilot was Bob Fiorenze.
This plane was custom built by JIM SANDQUIST for a customer of AEROTECH MODELS.
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02/22/08
