Stock P-51D Mustang

[Servo]

The Hot Rod of the European Theater

Here's my first successful propeller plane ever, and its a doozy! Thanks to incessant... encouragement... from @HolidayTheLeek, I decided to take on the challenge of replicating one of history's most iconic fighter aircraft. 

This P-51D is a bit of a monster as far as first stock props go. It's 319 parts, and 14.3 tons at takeoff, and is powered by a grand total of 22 SAS wheels. Despite all this, is is rather agile in the air, and quick off the ground. It cruises easily at 40m/s, and can reach 50m/s without too much trouble. That's all to say that my favorite thing about this craft is the takeoff and landing procedure. 

There's just something else about lifting the tailwheel off the ground and accelerating just a bit more, to the point that the plane just lifts off the ground. Landing is the same in reverse: kill the prop thrust and let it pinwheel while you glide down to a balance on the main gear, before settling down onto the tail wheel and applying brakes.

 

If you want to experience this for yourself, I can confirm that you don't need any experience with props to fly this thing. More detailed flying instructions are on the KerbalX page:

https://kerbalx.com/servo/P-51D-Mustang

Edited December 15, 2018 by Servo

[He_162]

Fuselage seems a little longer in the nose, but other than that it's spot on! I love it.

[Thor Wotansen]

On 12/16/2018 at 3:57 AM, He_162 said:

Fuselage seems a little longer in the nose, but other than that it's spot on! I love it.

Must be the H model then.