Precious Metal P-51D (XR) Mustang 2013 qualifying run 

What about the belly radiator? Looks like P-51.

Im not sure if I like that canopie. you could have mad it look more like a P51 A

@@eliaslundstedt5607 The drag was probably too high. In racing form follows function.

Lotza $$$$$$!!!!!!!!

Cockpit looks more like a "C" model than a "D" model.

dhy5342 now the photographer needs to video a Bigfoot lol.

nathan, Bigfoot exists naturally out of focus. If you ever see one in focus it is a fake.

a beauty. +1 nice photography here for sure

Rick Std llllllol',,kmkkjjkjjjjjjjjjujjhhhhumn. Ggg

Recording done by a truely well educated photographer using manual focusing :-)

You know what this 'Stang needs? Another Mustang.

Seth Jansson F-82 laughing in the distance

@@j-c4997 No...we mustn't speak of that oversized Frankenstein creation...

@Mark Grudt It's all about the need for speed.

@Mark Grudt the original mustang had a Packard v 12 and the performance was OK.. tben rolls Royce sent them a merlin..and the p 51 became a true fighter..now its got a grown up engine.. supposedly there were 3 of these prototypes in 1945

British - remember that.

I KNOW, when I saw that I said "now THAT'S a mustang"!!!

Except a spitfire

@Ibraheem Khan after the spitfires

Or a Sea Fury?

Or the flying pancake

Defiantly a bucket list thing to do

That's not the original motor

@@joshlewis5065 the propulsion of the P-51 is not a motor, it's an engine.

@@skypilot49 pedantic bastard

@@skypilot49that’s not the original engine. It’s a rolls Royce Griffon, not a packard Merlin

Duane Ransom yes its the sound of freedom 🇺🇸🎉🎊

Buzzing AND roaring

That sound just says POWER. imagine flying one of those in ww2. Lol

To every Motörhead I sure hope so

Kentucky Blugrass Well someone did build a RC versions of the plane complete with counter rotating props.

Me too! Glad I checked it out.

Same same

RCitsverygoodOk

@@tragkfshnt Any footage of that?

Rolls Royce make amazing engines that's for sure

"Jip." They dont make anymore. ♥️💪💪💪😃

The Spiteful didn't have contra rotating props, it had a single 5 bladed prop similar like that on the Hawker Sea Fury

You're thinking of the Spitfires later variants.

@@devinthierault @Josh Jack You are both correct, all the Spitefuls built had the Sea Fury 5 blade prop but material I have read tells that this was an interim development stage and the intent was to use the still under development contra prop system.

More crazy is that the RAF had a twin engine bomber (De Havilland Mosquito Mk B35 apparently, with Merlin 77 engines) in 1942 that achieved 437 mph with and could cruise faster than a P51 all the way to Berlin and back. Pity there's none in airworthy condition or any P38 Lightnings to compete if there is a class ?

In 1978 I saw the Red Baron P-51 in the Unlimited Race from one of the turn pylons. Amazing speed!

The red Baron plane was owned by the Browning family in Idaho falls, Idaho. They eventually went broke for all their big spending.

Not even close of the Fw 190 D models

"DOUBLED PROPELLER"!🤣👍🏿

The last production F4 Corsair could hit 440.

for unlimited, not really

Your English is fine, your courtesy is appreciated

be a dream to take off - gun it and go!

I was going to say. Especially during takeoff.

From my understanding, gyroscopic procession and P-factor would still affect it, just torque would not be as much of an issue. Still needs more right rudder.

@@stitch2k1 Of course, but significantly less than the one you fly with a standard prop (if I assume correctly).

@@guntherachterhof4876 Oh yeah definitely. You can't full throttle a (stock) P-51 on take off from the go or you'd go off the runway. (Generally speaking we always ease power on, because more air speed means better rudder authority)

I think the Griffon has the same firing order as the Allison. The Merlin sounds more aggressive to me, like it's got radical cams out of a hot rod. But there's no replacement for displacement, and 2240 cubes beats 1650 any day of the week.

After about four hours flying I have my own "P" effect that no amount of right rudder will solve. I usually bring an empty oil can, 10/30 would do,

not really

I think you're talking about the contra-rotating propellers, those were used on bomber aircraft like the Avro Shackleton.

***** Precious Metal uses a larger-displacement Rolls Griffon engine, like the later marques of the Spitfire. If I remember correctly, the engine and contrarotating props are from a postwar British airliner.

Thanks, I was worried there for a bit !

nagmagnet I think the same prop was used on the later naval version of Spitfire.

BlackBunik No but it was used on the Russain bear

BlackBunik These particular blades came from an Avro Shackleton bomber and then were modified by the team, but you are correct the later Mk. Spitfires did use this setup, the Mk.47 being one of them, Supernarine also used this setup on one of their last piston fighters as well (Supermarine Seafang).

I don't know, there's the Lockheed Constellation, the A10, Spitfire, Martin Mars, U2,... there are lot's of beautiful airplanes out there. The P51 is definitely up there though.

Contra.

Complete Griffon install from firewall forward, probably from a late Spitfire or similar British plane.

Don't count them out yet, they've announced that they will be hoping to get her rebuilt asap with the help of extra funding

+Robert Mantell what happened to the aircraft?

Burned to the ground, caught fire while refueling. Pilot ok.

It didn't burn to the ground, the fire was contained but they weren't sure of the internal damage at the time, the plane has been taken apart and they're checking\working on it now, hopefully they'll be able to get her back together soon!!

Certainly not burned to the ground, but damage to the firewall and wheel well areas. I believe that they said it was a fuel line issue and they are rebuilding now.

They built one at Wright Paterson AFB during WWII. Just one... they had insurmountable issues with the prop gearbox. Technology was not quite there yet. My uncle was an engineer there at the time.

The p 51 was an ok aircraft but the engine was ok.. but she needed more. So the raf sent over a few Merlin engines.. and the rest...well

@@richardoakley8800, You nailed the primary reason the P-51 became the legendary fighter it was. The Allison V1710 engine that equipped the P-40 was not adequate for high-altitude work where the bombers they were supposed to escort flew. When one of the test pilots for Rolls Royce strongly suggested that their Merlin engines would be much superior, he was right. It didn't take long for everyone else to come around to his point of view. The Merlin was a heavier engine than the V1710. So to maintain the proper center-of-gravity, North American engineers added a large additional fuel tank behind the pilot, greatly increasing the Mustang's range on internal fuel. Throw on some drop-tanks and the Allies found the long-range fighter they had been looking for! The Roll Royce Merlin was, as Jay Leno put it in his video on the Merlin (ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-GYcKdK7hmEo.html), "The engine that won World War II."

Correct: It is a Rolls-Royce Griffon 88 off of an old Avro Shackleton bomber.

+Neil L The British were working on counter rotating props but just didn't get them perfected until just after WW2.

They had the Spitfire Mk XIV with high altitude Griffons, there was an earlier low altitude Mk XII for running down raiding FW190s and V1 flying bombs. They were not *contra* rotating.

@@givenfirstnamefamilyfirstn3935 the Martin Baker MB5 did

The MB5 had contra rotating props in early 1944 !

kolbola This particular engine was originally from a Shackleton, then it went to the Miss Budweiser sponsored hydroplane racing team from the 80’s. The prop was a stock unit that the team had custom cut to have the scalloped tips.

@@Voodoo1650 Thank you for the clarification!

they did use contra rotating props in ww2...the sea fire fr47

No shit

no shit brian

Team pulled the Merlin out, moved the firewall back some 2ft to make room for the Griffon engine, which I understand came from an Avro Shackleton bomber. Certainly a fine looking aircraft, but it should have been left original, imho!!

So friggin what man.