P51 Mustang
The legendary North American P51 Mustang fighter of WW2 started life in 1940.
The first aircraft was designed and manufactured in under 4 months which was an amazing accomplishment for such an advanced aircraft.
First delivery of the Mustang was made in 1942 to British RAF squadrons. The machine lacked the performance required due to the Allison engine originally fitted. To overcome this the aircraft was experimentally re-engined with the excellent Roll-Royce Merlin engine which had proven itself in the Spitfire and Hurricane. The Merlin engine transformed the Mustang into the superb machine that would become the legend.
The finest of the Mustangs was the P51D powered by a Packard built V12 Merlin which produced nearly 1,700 hp. This machine could do 437mph in level flight, carried six heavy machine guns in the laminer-flow wing and could be fitted with rockets or 2,000lbs of ordnance for ground attack missions.
To say the Merlin Mustangs were successful would be an understatement. Over 15,500 Mustangs of all types were produced. American Mustangs destroyed 4,950 enemy aircraft in Europe to make them the highest scoring US fighter in the theatre.
P51D Tech Specs: Powerplant: Packard Merlin V-1650-7 V12, Wingspan: 37ft, Length: 32ft 3in, Max Speed: 437mph, Crew: One
Add some excitement to your flying with a CS Mustang EPP Warbird and take your combat flying fun to a new dimension! The Mustang is fully aerobatic, quick and easy to handle. It has an EPP fuselage and the same very successful EPP wing as used for our Eraser models, so it can handle the rigors of a combat life. They fly well in winds from about 8 knots up to 30 or so. The more wind, the more fun!
The great looking P51 presented here was built by Gaston Vanzet, from Woolamai, Victoria, Australia.
All the EPP components included in the kit are produced with a computer controlled dual axis cutting machine and finished by hand to ensure the quality of each part is correct and ready to assemble.
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Specifications:
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In the box: |
- Wingspan 1.2M/48"
- Length 0.8M/31.5"
- Weight 650gms/23oz
- Aileron/Elevator
- Beginner to Expert
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- EPP Fuselage
- EPP Wings
- EPP Canopy
- Coreflute Fin + Tailplane
- Balsa Ailerons
- Fibreglass wing spars
- Hardware
- Glue
- Reinforcing tape x 1
- Coloured tape x 1
- Instructions
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Items Required to complete the P-51
2 Channel Radio Control set
Standard size Servos, Receiver and Battery
A few hand tools
3M77 or Ados F2 Contact Adhesive Spray
Useful Documents
Eraser Warbirds Assembly Instructions (PDF)
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WARNING! 
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