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On Craigslist,....they got everything.

The ad says 1/4 scale but I have to imagine that is either a 1/2 or 2/3 scale replica. Similar to the W.A.R. aircraft.

http://phoenix.craigslist.org/cph/rvs/1827176078.html


Shay
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I'd say it has to be bigger than 1/4 scale too. Generally a 1/4 scale R/C Mustang has somewhere in the area of a 100cc engine or less, this one has a 650 Honda motorcycle engine. Even with a 100cc single cylinder engine you usually can't get it fully enclosed in a 1/4 scale cowl. You can't see the right side in these pictures but that engine sounds too huge to fit in a 1/4 scale plane.

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I happen to be designing a 1/4 scale Mustang (for R/C) right now and there is no way you're getting a human pilot aboard one at that scale! I would say 1/2 scale would be the absolute minimum for a man carrying replica and this one is probably more like 3/4 scale or bigger if it's got 650 ponies under the hood.

I'm pretty sure that the "650 Honda motorcycle engine" means 650 cc rather than 650 hp.

Walt

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OR it's really kick ass engine. I think the F1 guys are almost making 1 HP per cc.

Shay
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650cc Honda engine doesn't sound like a lot, and the smallest replica I've seen of a Mustang was based on a Rand KR1 - though still with the VW engine, making for a fugly engine cowling.

The dimensions of that one were 12ft long, with a 17ft wingspan.

Having said that, I don't doubt it's a proper bonafide replica, rather than an R/C model. The canopy looks sufficiently over-scale to suggest it was built for an actual pilot....

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Daz

It looks like it could be a: http://www.loehle.com/MustangKit.htm

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Hmm... I dunno, I don't think it's a Loehle job. The canopy is overscale, but on the Loehle (see pic) the there's still a lot of nose ahead of the canopy. On this one in the ad, there isn't (or at least doesn't seem to be).

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Daz

looks cool

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I think I saw this at Oshkosh several years ago. If I remember correctly it was a one-off design and was called the hardware store mustang because hardware store materials were used in its construction to keep the cost down.

Meh, looks like a Ag-Cat with a mil paint job....

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Yep, that's one ugly-ass airplane!