Mustang (oz3119)

About this Plan

Mustang Stunt. Control line stunt model. 610 sq in area.

Quote: "The Mustang is another worthy addition to the line up of semi-scale stunt planes which have been published or kitted recently in answer to the growing popularity of the semi-scale stunt event. I believe that this event will increase in popularity for two main reasons:

(1) it is more satisfying to fly and watch semi-scale ships, and
(2) a semi-scale ship scores higher in the realism category of the present AMA score sheet than the typical stunt design. There are also numerous lightweight details which can be added to catch the judge's eye and win that all important extra point or two.

For you sport flyers, study the plans carefully and you'll note that there is nothing any more difficult in the construction of this model than is found in the typical sport or stunt model. Add a throttle system and you will have a very realistic model which should give you several years of flying fun.

For you other fellows, who get your kicks out of adding all kinds of small details to a model, as I do, here is a king-sized model with no limit to the amount of detail which may be added without ending up with flight characteristics similar to a brick! Retractable gear, sliding cockpit canopy, movable control stick, .04 caliber guns that really fire - down boy!

To get serious. the Mustang was not designed from scratch, but was evolved from my Phoenician (oz6474) published in MAN, November 1961. Basically. I took the Phoenician design, added an inch here and deducted an inch there, modified the moments and areas slightly, hung an air scoop on the bottom and I had my first of two Mustangs. About the time I got it debugged. someone asked me how long it had been since I had creamed one of my stunt planes. I thought for a minute and told him it must have been in 1955 or 1956. Well, a funny thing happened to me on the next flight! To make a long story short, Mustang II was built, and is presented here. The flight characteristics equal the Hurricanes, Spitfires, PT-19's and other semi-scale stunt planes I have flown.

The plans should adequately explain most of the construction details which are fairly standard for most of the modern-day stunt designs, so I won't waste space by telling you how to glue the leading edge to rib 1, then rib 2, etc. There are a few points however which it might be well to clarify in this text. Refer to my Phoenician article if you have it in your library for a short synopsis of my thoughts on the use of fiberglass (I'm for it if used discretely), control movements, etc.

Since the Mustang is a large model, try to keep the weight within the limits set down on the plans. The porblem with excess weight is not so much..."

Update 10/06/2016: article pages, text & pics added, thanks to RFJ.

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