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Mon Jul 05, 2010 10:25 pm
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.htmlShay
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Semper Fortis
Mon Jul 05, 2010 11:23 pm
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.
Tue Jul 06, 2010 11:55 am
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.
Tue Jul 06, 2010 7:14 pm
I'm pretty sure that the "650 Honda motorcycle engine" means 650 cc rather than 650 hp.
Walt
Wed Jul 07, 2010 9:23 am
RareBear wrote:I'm pretty sure that the "650 Honda motorcycle engine" means 650 cc rather than 650 hp.
Walt
OR it's really kick ass engine. I think the F1 guys are almost making 1 HP per cc.
Shay
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Semper Fortis
Thu Jul 08, 2010 2:51 am
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....
Thu Jul 08, 2010 11:42 am
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).
Tue Jul 20, 2010 7:17 pm
looks cool
Tue Jul 20, 2010 8:09 pm
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.
Wed Jul 21, 2010 2:20 am
DarenC1 wrote: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).

Meh, looks like a Ag-Cat with a mil paint job....
Wed Jul 21, 2010 4:24 am
ZRX61 wrote:DarenC1 wrote: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).

Meh, looks like a Ag-Cat with a mil paint job....
Yep, that's one ugly-ass airplane!
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