Flying Mustang P-51D Rubber powered free flight
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- This video shows a presentation of the 18" span scale model as well as the three best flights on the Huttwiler Berg in Switzerland. Thanks to Tom Hallman for his inspiring youtube channel `maxfliart`
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bought a Guillow's Mustang 51 when I was in my 50's and promised myself that when I retire i would build it. Had to take care of my parents because of their health preventing me from building it. I'm now 72 and I think it's time to build it. Great video. thanks : )
Thanks for the message. I'm glad to hear it. Watch out for the weight, especially at the tail and covering :-)
That "fly by" was pretty GREAT!
Thank you very much. I was afraid that the model would crash into the camera on the tripod.
Bravo! It’s quite an achievement to have a model that both looks good and flies good. The custom four bladed prop looks awesome!
Many Thanks. The 2 bladed prop did not convince me visually and so I dared my first four bladed prop.
Thanks for sharing this project with us. The P-51D looks fantastic and even better in the air.
Thank you 😁
Did not expect such graceful flights from a mustang....it flew fantastically.
Thank you very much.
Great job on the build and the flight. Thanks for shooting and sharing your video.
Amazing how the speed seems to be to scale. Beautiful model!
Beautiful. It flies as nice as it looks.
Thank you very much. May I also recommend my video of the Antonov II ? th-cam.com/video/dOUVjKVJgL4/w-d-xo.html
Very well done! That second flight with the low pass looked like a real aircraft. Always a thrill when that happens. Nice covering job.
Perfectly built and very good flight. 👍👍👍
Thank you! 😁
Love it; I built the Guillow's P-51D model. I combined and balanced two two-blade props into one four bladed prop to propel it with a rubber band... it worked flawlessly; well, until the band eventually broke and ripped through the side of the plane. But before that, it had tremendous power and flew perfectly. It stinks that lightweight four blade props; let alone, any useable four-blade props are hard to find for rubber-band planes. Yours looks incredibly nice.
Thank you for your message. Unfortunately I missed documenting the construction of the prop. It's not that difficult ... I'm sure I'll catch up on that one day.
Just beautiful! thanks. Tom
That was beautifully made, and I flew amazingly well.
Excellent. My favorite WWII airplane
Thank you 😁
Cool! Love that four bladed prop!
Thank you!
Super nice Mustang !! 😃
What a beauty.
Grüezi von AUT nach CH. Ihr hattet immer schon eine wehrhafte Luftstreitmacht.
Danke - Mit Gruss nach AUT.
Wow ... that flies very well! And that four bladed prop seems to work a treat. Just excellent!
One of your fans here from Slidell, Louisiana. Your workmanship is fantastic, and your flight trimming skills are superb. Hope to see more from you!
Thank you very much! My next flight video is being edited...Sunny greetings from Switzerland.
Beautiful. I especially like the propeller. Great achievement .
Thank you!
Very,Very Nice flights..Thanks for the view..
Full of motivation, very beautiful, I like it so much
Thank you very much.
Fantastic, the drawing out of the rubber band before winding is a brilliant idea. Almost 50 years ago I built a j87 Stuka. may have been a guillows kit, 3 months to build 7 seconds to destroy. only 11 at the time knew nothing about flight. Hoping to try again. Thank you.
Thank you for the comment. Such a beginning can prevent a successful start in this hobby. I was more fortunate: I started not with a scale model, but with a sports model. They are easier to build, easier to fly, much more robust and easier to repair. Greetings from Switzerland - Andreas.
Beautiful flights!!
I didn't got where to find this model!?
Thanks for the show!!!👍👍👍
Thank you! Greetings from cold Switzerland.
A lovely model, well done. Next a ME109 in Swiss colours 😀🇨🇭
Perfect trim!!
Looks great in your hand, looks great in the air. Beautiful job.
Thank you!
Pretty cool. I was impressed by how steady and true it flew. Nice job!
Thank you!
I'm just finishing constructing my P51 from the Vintage Model Company. Watching him wind up the rubber band I had no idea that is how it is supposed to be done !
Pity he didn't show some of the construction and trimming it up before his first flight.
It's amazing how far it can fly just with a rubber band.
Thanks - it's already old video of mine.
Absolutely beautiful
Fantastico modello! Bravissimo!
Grazie!😀
Love the propeller, beautiful plane buddy ❤️
Thank you!
Beautiful flight!
Thank you!
Nice model. Flies well and looks great.
Thank you!
It flies just beautifully bravo
Wonderful.
a great flier, well done!!!
Thank you!
FANTASTIC!
Super cool!
This is great. Love your dedication and your bike!
Thank you. On my flying site, all roads have been closed to cars for a good two years. Since then I have noticed: it never rains when I fly ;-)
Great looking plane
Thanks!
Wow that is amazing wonderful flying and looking airplane!❤
Thank you!
Lindo trabalho , linda bike também !!! Parabéns
Muito obrigado 😁
Nice model and flights. Looks like a fantastic field too
Thanks Oliver. The great airfield is only 10 minutes away from my home by e-bike. But the moments when the model can still be found and the plantings are not trodden on by me are rare ...
@@rubberfly 10 minutes!! I will have to learn e-bike service someday, the 10 hour bicycle ride for me to Wawayanda would get me pretty tired 😂
@@sandfac3427 Do you also go to the airfield by bike? I run a bicycle workshop (velokoch.ch) .. ;-)
@@rubberfly very cool. I go by bike when I can, it’s often too crowded here in NYC. But I am also in love with bikes and have been working as a mechanic for the past several months. Cro-moly and balsa go well together
que bien vuela!!!
Very cool and nice!!
Looks like a West Wings kit that I built 15 years ago. It too was flown with a four blade prop. Good job!
Thank you!
Perfection
Beautiful!
Thanks!
beautiful..
Excellent!!
Thank you.
nice job
Great Job
It flies very well, complete with a scale glide slope angle. ;)
You're right. So I don't need a dethermalizer ;-)
It has a real tendency to a hard banking left turn. This could be a result of the heavier 4 blade prop having more angular moment of inertia. Maybe shim the left side of the prop a little more to compensate. Beautiful plane!
Thanks. The prop, perhaps a little too big, is no heavier than a plastic 2-blade prop! I need a gram of lead in the spinner as well ...
It turns so it will circle back you would not want it going straight
Man that's awesome! Flying low and fast like that, looks like a Reno racer... Quick, do a Strega or Voodoo!
Great plane and video.
Thank you!
Wow, your Mustang flies so fast that you need to build a Messerschmitt to be chased :D Nice model and video, thank you!
What was the kit available to wind the rubber band up with….
Very nice mate.
Thank you 😁
Gruezi miteinander! und zwar aus Kalifornien. Great model great flight ...would be nice to see how you built the prop! Hut ab!
Grüezi radioman140. Danke! Bei einem nächsten Modell dokumentiere ich den Propeller - Bau bestimmt. Beste Grüsse aus der Schweiz.
Fantastisch! Sie sieht wirklich aus wie ein Mustang - schönes Design vom Bausatzhersteller und schöne Verarbeitung von Ihnen. Und Ihre Video-, Audio- und Bearbeitungsfähigkeiten sind vorbildlich.
Fantastic! She really does look like a Mustang - nice design by the kit maker and nice workmanship by you. And your video, audio, and editing skills are exemplary.
You can't immagine how happy I am about your channel. I use to built Guillow's kits sometimes as relaxing duty. The problem was to find again colored tissue. Thanks to you I found!! Subbed and best wishes Nanni
I'm glad to hear that. Greetings from Switzerland.
Perfect!
Thank you !
What a wonderful job, loved the fly by. Can you make and fly the Sopwith Camel? 🙏
Thank you very much. What a coincidence: The Sopwith Camel from VMC is already in my handicraft cupboard. But it usually takes almost a year to build a new model and turn it into a video. Thank you for your patience ...
Sweet ebike!
What a fantastic flyer. Will you make a build video for that propeller?
Very beautiful work and flies really well. Regarding the propeller: how did you calculate the diameter and pitch? Are they similar to the original two blade prop? May you describe us how did you build the four blade prop?
Thanks, Stefano
Thank you. I didn't calculate the propeller. I made the four blades with a carved prop block for a 7" diameter at 9" pitch. I like big propellers. The original 2 sheet prop didn't give me enough thrust for the proud weight of the model. Optimizing the thrust direction then took quite a few flights. Unfortunately I did not document the construction of the prop. I'll make up for that on a next project ...
This is great work ! I like to see a rubber band powered multi rotor for example P38 F lightening from DUMAS that would be something no RC no batteries completely passive dynamic
Very nice.
Thank you!
2:19 is so realistic that I found myself imagining Merlin sounds!
Thank you!
Very Nice! SO fast. Lower pitch props might get you more climb, plus a little less speed.
Fast, like a pylon racer, come to the US and enter it in an FAC blur race... if you can get it to fly straight.
Thank you. A Mustang has to be fast. OK, a little more climb would be great too. But with flying straight ahead ... I'd rather go hiking in the mountains :-)
Finally I understood your comment correctly - my English is getting better and better. I really should participate in this great event with my Mustang. But I will come only after my retirement in about 10 years, but then I stay for a whole summer.
Wow, what a nice youtube channel, and amazing videos there! I love those aircrafts, here in Czechia we are calling this type of small airplane model ,,Gumáček".
I was also making some aircraft models, I have respect from airplanes and aviatics, it is my hobby.
Greetings from Czech Republic, JB.👍✈️✈️
Thanks for the very kind comment. In Czechia there is probably a bigger scene than in Switzerland. I copied the word ,,Gumáček" into my index of keywords. I call this thing 'Gummimotor'.
Greetings from Switzerland, Andreas
What a beautiful model and what a flight! Two questions; how did you build that four bladed prop and what did you make your winding stooge from?
I'm 61- have never flown a model and would like to..
Thank you for sharing
Steve
Unfortunately, the build of this prop is not documented. From another prop with three blades are a few pictures in another video of mine: th-cam.com/video/Hruw5LkHLqw/w-d-xo.html 😀
The stooge is mainly made from a digging fork from the garden shop.
Toller Flug! (Grüße aus Amerika)
Danke! Grüsse aus der Schweiz 😁
cool
Beautiful flight! I'm curious... how does it fly with the inbox two bladed prop?
Beau vol ! Je suis curieux... comment vole-t-il avec l'hélice à deux pales de la boîte de réception ?
Thank you! I have not finished trimming with the original two-blade prop. My feeling was that it could not develop enough thrust.
Super gemachter Film, gratuliere. Musste Deinen Kanal gleich abonnieren. Gruss, Markus
- DANKE - Gruss, Andreas
This looks like a lot of fun for a 6 year old child, nice
My six-year-old daughter prefers to play with the radio-controlled drone😉
She's a LOOKER
What was the kit available to wind the rubber band up, is there a written technical document on this we can access…
I have used the large winder from KP.
www.kpaero.com/ProductReport.aspx?Category1=rubber
The distribution in America is with Volaré and others. volareproducts.com/blog/?product=kp-101-and-41-winder-with-counter
Great job! Can I ask you how do you achieve the circular flight of the plane? Thank you.
Thank you. I achieve a circular flight mainly by adjusting the direction of the propeller pull.
I was expecting to see Julie Andrews singing that the hills are alive with the sounds of music. Fantastic, loved it and I must build it. Cheers, what country are you in a couldn’t pick the language? 🇦🇺👍🍺🍺. 🇺🇦🇮🇱🫡
Thank you! Greetings from Switzerland. Cheers😁
...can you show us how you build the four blade prop? Thanks!
Unfortunately, the build of this prop is not documented. From another prop with three blades are a few pictures in another video of mine: th-cam.com/video/Hruw5LkHLqw/w-d-xo.html 😀
I believe I’m back again, I might buy a Vmc P-51 like yours, did you use the tissue from the kit or your own? It looks great.
I used Esaki, not the one in the kit.
How did you make the pilot?
This is a Dave Banks pilot. I bought it here: www.vintagemodelcompany.com/1-24-ww2-raf-pilot.html
Looks dramatic in the air. I’m a bit surprised that huge prop doesn’t break on landing.
The blades of the prop are reinforced on the outside with glass fibre fabric. In addition, the model always landed in the grass. So far, this prop has never broken😁
@@rubberfly impressive
Are the wheels of the model just for decoration?
Thanks. The landing gear is not removable in the original plan. In the model shown, it is held in place with small magnets. But I don't use it for flying, it would probably get lost by every time she landed.
Great model :-)) How many turns did you put on the rubber??
Thank you windsurfer. The Mustang had a rather short rubber in this video. About 650 turns if I remember correctly.
@@rubberfly I was also wondering how you were able to wind with (or without) the spinner. Can you share the process? Thanks again.
@@windsurfer3329 Winding on this model is without spinner. I only put the spinner on before flying. There is almost 3 grams of lead in the tip of the spinner!
!!!!Four-bladed prop!!!!!
how did you get the 4 blade propeller? nice swiss livery!!
The propeller is homemade. The production was the same as the 3 - blade propeller of my EKW C-3603 : th-cam.com/video/Hruw5LkHLqw/w-d-xo.html
@@rubberfly incredible work!
@@RealSamuelMach Thank you!
Such a beautiful P-51!, im making a P-39 in the same scale, ¿which is its weight?(to use for reference, always have troubles with that😅), Thanks!!
Thank you! Flying weight is 37 grams plus 6 grams rubber.
I have tried to build 3 different guillows free flight kits and non kf them turned out good or the parts broke when trying to carefully cut them off the sheets thst are pre cut even the laser cut one indid came out nkce but no katter what i did couldnt get it to fly at all even with new rubber prop and a balsa head block
I have never built Guillow's kit before. Also, my first projects were not scale, these are usually more difficult to get to fly. But the hobby is really fun with time.
Envious of that propeller
Very nice job!.....
Thank you 😁