I don't know if it's the same project or not, but I think it is. Whatever, this one didn't go over on its nose.
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marine air wrote:
Back in the 1980's there was a good ole' boy in Texas that put an R-2800 on a T-6 airframe, and was building it up to "go a racin." Some Big Brain guy from the city went out to his strip and calculated that the C.G. was so far forward that if they ever started the engine it would go over on it's nose!
My point is, is it a sound effort from an engineering standpoint? If so, then it may fly, and perform quite well. Probably be able to run circles around some of the slower fighter types. Maybe the fuselage was shortened because of aft C.G. or other problems with the prototype MB-5's
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My guess is that it still has much to go internally, hydraulics, cables, coolant lines etc. I hope it will fly, as it would be interesting and fast.
It may end up being parted out for it's "unobtanium" P-51 parts. In the photos it clearly has a lot of P-51 parts on it.
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