Steve Pearlbinder, One of our club members from the Long Island Skyhawks, Rings out his big P51 mustang with a great flight. Turn up the volume and listen to that Kolm 310cc inline 4 cylinder 4 stroke. All I can say is wow.
The real Mustang this is modeled after was based near me in Valparaiso, IN. It was owned and flown by a retired USMC fighter pilot named Jim Read. He operated a small warbird museum at the Porter County Airport. All of his airplanes were maintained in pristine condition, and he flew them all. I did a little volunteer work for him...polishing that Mustang on Sundays...was a lot of fun to actually get my hands on one! Jim was always ready to talk airplanes...He sadly passed away a few months ago.
This is one fantastically beautiful and impressive radio controlled model aircraft. P-51 D's have always been one of my favorite aircraft. I can not imagine as to how many hours actually went into the building of this airplane. The details are awesomely amazing, but however, in my lowly opinion, I believe that a pilot figure added to the plane would be the crowning touch. Again, this is a fantastic model!!!!!
Who could ever fly 2-stroke again after listening to this beautiful music. I remember seeing that Kolm in a Galloping Ghost several years ago at Joe Nall. It's absolutely incredible. I hope to get to see yours one day. Great accomplishment, Steve! That's a lot of love that went into that Mustang...
Aerobatics is in my blood, not so much a warplane guy. I will admit I absolutely loved every minute of this video. The sound and finish on that plane is amazing and you have great friends and supporters to back it up. Put a big smile on my face. Keep flying boys
The livery on this airplane is of 8th AF, 352nd Fighter Group. The same unit my father served in WWII. My dads plane was 414-3849 PE-V "Little Buster." Nice vid!!
Hi Duane. Thanks for sharing that memory. We should never forget the men who flew the full scale warbirds, their skill and bravery. It's a privilege to recreate a small piece of that history.
Beautiful plane, gorgeously raucous engine. For those complaining about the number of blades on the prop, it must be understood that the full-size aircraft has the benefit of employing systems that would be difficult and/or ruinously expensive to miniaturize. For example, an actual P-51 employs a prop on which the pitch of the blades is variable to optimize performance at different rpms. Even on a model as big and sophisticated as this one, one is unlikely to find such a system. I can't imagine what a "constant speed" prop would cost to design and install on this scale. RC airplane props must be something of a compromise to work at all speeds, so we should cut them a bit of slack.
Wish I had thought to say that, but much appreciated. 2 blade is purely for max performance, but there is a 4 blade for static display amd I'll try it next season to see how it compares.
wow indeed! I have not been flying for the past few years and watching the video made my thumbs itching for my Futaba and my Hurricane that is accumulating dust.....
Wow! Nice bird! Tuning those four carbs has got to be a pain though. I'm jealous as my P-51s are by far my favorite warbirds to fly but nothing approaching this size.
These engines need to be rich down low.. Helps cool the engine Also being new.. the tune gets richer as it beds in. It took 12 flights if my kolm to bed in
WOW! awesome flight... how long can you fly before running out of fuel? What is the range when in the air before loosing control of plane? Hoping someday I can get into flying a model plane. And I see you have a Cobra, just built a Factory 5 Mk4 finished in April of 2021.
Great flight, beautiful detailing. I build gasser war bird r/c models also, but none as big as this. Just one comment - no pilot? Otherwise great job. Agree with other commenters Kolm sounds rich - has this improved with break in? Tuning 4 carburetors to match must be a pain.
It just needs a four blade propellor and left landing gear doors adjusted. And the landing gear retracts in the original P51 after eachother, not synchronical due the hydraulic rams being used parallel. But well, maybe I am just anoying, it is a beautiful P51! 👌
@@stephenperlbinder1671 Thank You Steve. I'm trying to build an all aluminum p-51d and am using the Ziroli prints plus other sources . I have never built an RC airplane before but I am disabled and my old hobby was reloading but components dried up and I needed something else so after thinking about it I thought I would try it. I don't know how it will turn out or even fly but I am enjoying myself. You did a beautiful job on yours, I really love the paint choice. Take care and GOD Bless.
These are first flights on this Mustang and hole on bottom added temporarily to improve airflow over cylinders until inflight telemetry temps can be taken. Will be removed.
@@stephenperlbinder1671 I think he meant why did the engine seem to cut out quite a bit - seemed a few times after takeoff you had engine sputters OR cut the throttle to idle for a couple of secs over and over.
@@TheRealPDaveTH Yes, missed that. The engine still low time and running at factory carb settings which are on the rich side. In the case of this video, the model had not been flown in a few years, and throttle settings were initially changed more often than usual to get a better sense of how well the engine was responding to throttle commands. Once comfortable that the engine was not going to pack it in, the rest of the flight was flown at more normal and constant throttle setting. After another hour, leaning process will begin but on the cautious side. Thanks for your comments on the original question.
素晴らしい機体です😀次回この機体にカメラを搭載して撮影して飛行できませんか? ( It is a wonderful aircraft. Next time, can we mount a camera on this aircraft and fly it while taking video? )
Hello. I've been wanting to mount a camera in the cockpit but am trying out different tracking systems so that the onboard camera feeds a video signal back to an FPV headset that can "look" out of the cockpit as a pilot would and not have a fixed viewing position. Will be working on that next season.
Hi Peter. I would agree with you that the Mustang seems to fly tail heavy, mostly in slower flight I think, but CG was set using Xicoy scale system and is slightly forward of recommended position. Very few flights on this plane, but I have flown many giant scale warbirds and this one doesn't fly or feel tail heavy, especially in landing, full flap configuration where elevator feel is most important to me. Thanks for the comment. I hope to get a chance to look at CG more critically when I get more flights on the Mustang next season.
@@stephenperlbinder1671 Ok, thanks for your comment. But if the CG is correct: Have you checked the angle of incidence of the elevator? The Mustang needs not more than 1.5°, if profile of wing is a 2415 or similar. The plane sometimes seems like to drop an anchor in the air.
@@peterbremberg3900 Hi Peter. Thanks for getting back. This Mustang was built by a gent in Germany, I think, about 10-12 years ago. I acquired it from a friend getting out of the hobby. Not sure what his source material was for incidence data, etc, but that's how I got it and it was successfully test flown back when it was built. This was only my second flight on the Mustang and I was very nervous about engine reliability even with factory rich needle settings. You are right, when power is reduced on this one is does seem as though an anchor was thrown out. Good pick up and I appreciate your obvious knowledge of what goes into this size project. I think for now I'll just fly as is and maybe take a critical look at incidence next season. Thanks again for commenting.
Either fuel delivery, spark timing, or valve timing is off on this thing. Misfiring. Compare this to the three cylinder --> ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-uBclFjBRmW8.html
All settings for now are factory default and engine has low time. Kolm recommends leaving all carb settings as delivered for a reasonable break in period, and then carefully leaning high and low. No more flying time on this engine until next season. Most people feel the three cylinder has a smoother sound through the power band, but does not develop quite as much power as the 4 cylinder. I'm satisfied for now with the engine running reliably and temps staying below 220.
