Guillows Die Cut 400 series Mustang

[scigs30]

Here is my finished 400 series Die Cut P51 Mustang for the FB 400 series contest. I hope to get her up in the air in the next couple of days. I have test glided and added the clay. As shown without the rubber is 90 grams. I built her out of the box using everything except the rubber and warped red prop. I am still using a Guillows 400 series prop but it is black. I even used the old decals, a little challenging but they are old and sticking pretty good. I also used the supplied silkspan which is great to cover with but does get heavy with dope when compared to tissue. I decided not to paint since she is getting pretty heavy mainly from the kit supplied landing gear. Part of the rules is the landing gear had to be added. I would normally have build without landing gear for better flight, less weight and less chance of damage. I did nothing to make this build lighter, the die cut wood was not too bad. I actually prefer die or printed wood to laser cut.......But hey I don't mind the ease of laser cut kits. Will post flight video soon. The Spitfire is the 400 series laser cut kit, weighs 109 grams without rubber and flies pretty good. I also kept the build simple so I could get her up in the air by July 1, the contest end date.

[scigs30]

Since this had to be complete by July 1, I really did not have time to build so I kept the build simple. When I build another, I will omit the landing gear and paint silver or cover with grey tissue.

[scigs30]

The old decals went on ok with the help of thinned PVA.

[Arlo DiPasquale]

Looks awesome! Your models are what I always aspire mine to look like. Hope she flies well!

[scigs30]

I was able to get some test flights in today and she flies great out of the box. The contest ends June 30th and this is the only day I could get a flight in but it was at a small park. The park is too small for real flying so I kept it short and sweet. First, remember I built her out of the box, an older kit with die cut parts. Second I made no modifications and had to use the designed landing gear that added a lot of weight. Finally I used the supplied dark gray rubber band with stock prop set up, personally I like the old dark gray rubber compared to the new light grey and tan rubber. Since the park is so small, this rubber actually worked out great, I just added the tight circles so she would not end up on the street or hitting light poles or trees. I used my handy winder...love this thing....and with the help of good ole soap and glycerin added 350 winds.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HARmk8ALno

[kittyfritters]

Beautiful work, as usual, built straight and it flies. Guessing how long it took you to get the camera going I estimate that flight was 15 seconds on 350 turns. The thing that I find amazing, since I have a couple of those winders myself, is that you were able to get 350 turn on Guillow's grey rubber without stripping the gears on that little winder!

Well done!

KF

[Scott]

Your Mustang looks super,and it's always great to see in flight pics.

Your Spitfire is a beauty too.

[Oldyzracer1]

Beautiful flyer!