My F4U-1D Corsair Maiden this Saturday

[COndor06]

Heres a few pics of my mustang in Man O War paint

[Kenne]

ok 2 blades for the AAF and 3 for the Navy?!!

[COndor06]

ok 2 blades for the AAF and 3 for the Navy?!!

I know, Right!  4 blade props don't work very well in the RC world. They need 3-4000 RPM with lots of pitch to operate. Our engines turn 8000. IF someone made a gear reduction drive they would work well

[homersipes]

I think it was Byron Originals made a reduction drive for a mustang back in the 90s http://www.ebay.com/itm/Byron-Originals-Byrodrive-35cc-quadra-Motor-Engine-byron-originals-/321261836830?nma=true&si=0CZO9X8Sr0SKYlR5rahKppjKne8%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557
never got to see one in action though

[hotcoffe]

cool best of luck with maiden flight and have fun.

[COndor06]

I think it was Byron Originals made a reduction drive for a mustang back in the 90s http://www.ebay.com/itm/Byron-Originals-Byrodrive-35cc-quadra-Motor-Engine-byron-originals-/321261836830?nma=true&si=0CZO9X8Sr0SKYlR5rahKppjKne8%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557
never got to see one in action though

I used to fly the Byron Mustang back in the 80s and the F16. They were the top of the heap back in the day.

[homersipes]

yeah I remember the pony when I was a kid  used to love that plane haha what ever happened to them?

[COndor06]

The Old Man died and the company is now making Byron fuels and patio furniture. They sold all the original molds to a company called Iron Bay but the guy who owns it now is a real jerk.

[homersipes]

oh thats too bad, they had quite a few nice looking birds as I remember.  My dad has the 4.2 ci engine that they had, the muffler mounts to the back of it and acts as the motor mount as well, pretty cool set up.  Are you running DLE gasoline jobs in your big planes?

[COndor06]

I have many DLE engines. I know the engine your describing with the exhaust engine mount. It looks like a re-entry vehicle.

[homersipes]

yes indeed it is quite strange how it worked, has clamps that go around the muffler that bolts to the formers, there were 2 mounts I think.  I think that they could have taken that design and put it to glow engines as well, then for the planes that have a belly dump exhaust it would be more scale

[TOMCAT21]

well done !