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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Tupac on May 08, 2011, 04:24:40 PM
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Owning two.
http://courtesyaircraft.com/Current%20Inventory/1451D%20P-51D%20Spec.htm
http://courtesyaircraft.com/Current%20Inventory/N314BG%20North%20American%20P-51D.htm
gimme gimme
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lucky bastard :lol I want to be a pilot once day, and I want to fly planes like this.
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lucky bastard :lol I want to be a pilot once day, and I want to fly planes like this.
Tom Cruise has two, and he cant even reach the pedals.
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lucky bastard :lol I want to be a pilot once day, and I want to fly planes like this.
Go for it F22RaptorDude !
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Go for it F22RaptorDude !
Thats the plan! I figure i'll join police for a few years, maybe step up to pilot for the Police Chopper, and then move on to commercial air travel, or Cargo.
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Whats bettter than owning a P-51? Having a good friend with one!
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Whats bettter than owning a P-51? Having a good friend with one!
you have a friend with a P51?
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Thats the plan! I figure i'll join police for a few years, maybe step up to pilot for the Police Chopper, and then move on to commercial air travel, or Cargo.
Do you know long it would take to get the money for a 51 with jobs such as police officers?
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Alot less time than not having a job
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Owning a Spitfire.
:p
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Owning a Spitfire.
:p
Beat me to it :furious
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Do you know long it would take to get the money for a 51 with jobs such as police officers?
I want to buy that little model. I need a link hang on.
Edit: http://www.titanaircraft.com/t-51.php (http://www.titanaircraft.com/t-51.php) This is it, and affordable in a sense, I mean when I get a high end job like flying cargo.
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I want to buy that little model. I need a link hang on.
Edit: http://www.titanaircraft.com/t-51.php (http://www.titanaircraft.com/t-51.php) This is it, and affordable in a sense, I mean when I get a high end job like flying cargo.
Or you could buy a Cessna 172 for the same price with a glass cockpit, and carry 4 people. About the same speed too.......
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Or you could buy a Cessna 172 for the same price with a glass cockpit, and carry 4 people. About the same speed too.......
Hmm, I guess that would be better, I can't build worth a crap anymore. I just don't have those skills thrust upon me unfortunately. I like the twin engine concept though, could you give me a Suggestion? :headscratch:
EDIT: By the way the 172 is a awesome looking aircraft. Sorry I didn't want you to think I ignored it. I'm actually looking at the Wiki on it.
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(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_VfWYKuy7i0k/Ta5RICCOspI/AAAAAAAASy4/XF1GZGXQZ54/s640/IMG_2100.JPG)
Very sexy airplanes. Heck, for 90k you could get a nice 182, or even a 210.
Im just biased towards 172s
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I guess we were due for someone to rediscover Courtesy Aircraft again. It's been a while, used to happen about every 3 months, someone would discover Courtesy and comes to share it. They always have P51s for sale, can't remember checking them out and not seeing at least one.
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(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_VfWYKuy7i0k/Ta5RICCOspI/AAAAAAAASy4/XF1GZGXQZ54/s640/IMG_2100.JPG)
Very sexy airplanes.
Indeed. :aok :rock
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Or you could buy a Cessna 172 for the same price with a glass cockpit, and carry 4 people. About the same speed too.......
The reason someone buys or builds a T-51 isn't even the next town over's ballpark as the reason people buy a 172. A RV8 has more in common with the T-51 all without the training wheel on a 172 while going 50-70+% faster at cruise on slightly more (~25%) fuel in the case of an RV8. The T-51's with the Suzuki motors do well also and despite being a lurker with the builders group I don't have the numbers off hand.
A 172 is a good training airplane, good for poking holes in the sky and taking your girl to lunch. A T-51 is a retractable gear aerobatic airplane built for sport. It's comparing a Corvette on a road course to a Sedan on the highway. If you want to take the family somewhere slowly you take the Sedan. If you want to get lost for a while and have some cool manly fun, you take the Corvette to the track.
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The reason someone buys or builds a T-51 isn't even the next town over's ballpark as the reason people buy a 172. A RV8 has more in common with the T-51 all without the training wheel on a 172 while going 50-70+% faster at cruise on slightly more (~25%) fuel in the case of an RV8. The T-51's with the Suzuki motors do well also and despite being a lurker with the builders group I don't have the numbers off hand.
A 172 is a good training airplane, good for poking holes in the sky and taking your girl to lunch. A T-51 is a retractable gear aerobatic airplane built for sport. It's comparing a Corvette on a road course to a Sedan on the highway. If you want to take the family somewhere slowly you take the Sedan. If you want to get lost for a while and have some cool manly fun, you take the Corvette to the track.
Very good point, I'm already really good with control lay outs in planes. Or basics for flight. Got taught when I was 5-7 all about air planes, and it stuck to me.
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Cool I'll have to hit you up for information when I get stuck on something with mine.
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Cool I'll have to hit you up for information when I get stuck on something with mine.
haha, I'm not a pro, or being cocky, but i've taken off and landed a Cessna 182 when I was 11. With a little help. But I did a majority of the flying.
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Cool I'll have to hit you up for information when I get stuck on something with mine.
Are you building one? I'd really like to see it too.
Also, I just looked at the specs page and missed the part where it was fully aerobatic.
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No as I don't have the time. If I had the time to actually put into it I would seriously consider it. I follow the builders groups because I like the airplane and the design. An RV8 is more within the budget and easier to operate as a non builder.
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haha, I'm not a pro, or being cocky, but i've taken off and landed a Cessna 182 when I was 11. With a little help. But I did a majority of the flying.
Cool, sounds like you know what you're doing!
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Cool, sounds like you know what you're doing!
I Like to think I do, I don't try to sound over cocky, I don't want to sound like i'm rubbing things in. But I've been in air liner cockpits a few times before. I recall its against regulation but What is a 10 year old going to do. I got into another one after we got back from a trip to Utah, right after we landed in Atlanta, I had just turned 15. The funny thing was, I was overwhelmed with the amount of switches and buttons. Then The co pilot flipped a switch and everything lit up and I was even more overwhelmed. :lol But It was fun, and got me more interested in planes.
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Owning a Spitfire.
:p
Owning a 109 :old: :P
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you have a friend with a P51?
I do.
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If he ever wants help washing it or something, I can be in georgetown in 40 minutes.
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Owning a 109 :old: :P
Beat me, dammit
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you have a friend with a P51?
No..It's an expression for anything that has a prop on it.
If it has a prop on it, its going to cost you (alot) money. There for it is better to have a goog friend with one.
After owning multiple props it is soooooooooooooooooooooooooo true.
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If he ever wants help washing it or something, I can be in georgetown in 40 minutes.
haha when I need help washin it I will hit you up. :D
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I want to buy that little model. I need a link hang on.
Edit: http://www.titanaircraft.com/t-51.php (http://www.titanaircraft.com/t-51.php) This is it, and affordable in a sense, I mean when I get a high end job like flying cargo.
I'll see your 75% scale rotax powered baby P-51, and raise you to an even cooler 75% scale V8 powered P-40E....
(granted you have to scratch build it from plans instead of buying a kit..... but the finished product is so much cooler!)
Jurca MJ-12
(http://www.jurcaplanswest.com/Plane%20Images/mj-12.jpg)
(http://www.jurcaplanswest.com/Plane%20Images/MMMJ12%201.JPG)
(http://www.jurcaplanswest.com/Plane%20Images/MMMJ12%202.JPG)
(http://www.jurcaplanswest.com/Plane%20Images/MMMJ12%203.JPG)
(http://www.jurcaplanswest.com/Plane%20Images/MMMJ12%205.JPG)
Yes, it's wood and fiberglass construction.... but that was not at all uncommon for aircraft back in the '30s and '40s (well, the wood anyway!)....
and nice performance numbers, a much hotter performer than the Titan T-51.... and it has a jump seat to carry a passenger.
Length: 25' 0"
Wingspan: 28'0"
Wing Area: 140 FT2
Empty weight: 2,200 lbs.
Gross weight: 2,860 lbs
Max Speed: 275 MPH
Rate Of Climb: 2,000 Ft/Min
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:aok
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Reaper are you building that?
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I wish I was! I've just been drooling over it and saving for a set of those plans....
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The next best thing...
http://www.thundermustang.com/
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I'll see your 75% scale rotax powered baby P-51, and raise you to an even cooler 75% scale V8 powered P-40E....
(granted you have to scratch build it from plans instead of buying a kit..... but the finished product is so much cooler!)
Jurca MJ-12
(http://www.jurcaplanswest.com/Plane%20Images/mj-12.jpg)
(http://www.jurcaplanswest.com/Plane%20Images/MMMJ12%201.JPG)
(http://www.jurcaplanswest.com/Plane%20Images/MMMJ12%202.JPG)
(http://www.jurcaplanswest.com/Plane%20Images/MMMJ12%203.JPG)
(http://www.jurcaplanswest.com/Plane%20Images/MMMJ12%205.JPG)
Yes, it's wood and fiberglass construction.... but that was not at all uncommon for aircraft back in the '30s and '40s (well, the wood anyway!)....
and nice performance numbers, a much hotter performer than the Titan T-51.... and it has a jump seat to carry a passenger.
Length: 25' 0"
Wingspan: 28'0"
Wing Area: 140 FT2
Empty weight: 2,200 lbs.
Gross weight: 2,860 lbs
Max Speed: 275 MPH
Rate Of Climb: 2,000 Ft/Min
:O :O :O :aok Awesome!!!!!
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Indeed. :aok :rock
I don't know, as far as planes in that category and price range, I think a Cherokee 180 is better looking.
But as far as value for a single engine 4 seat traveling plane, I think the RV-10 is king. Performance and space like a Cirrus SR20 or Cessna Corvallis and can be built for 1/5th the price, or bought flying for 1/3rd the price.
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I don't know, as far as planes in that category and price range, I think a Cherokee 180 is better looking.
But as far as value for a single engine 4 seat traveling plane, I think the RV-10 is king. Performance and space like a Cirrus SR20 or Cessna Corvallis and can be built for 1/5th the price, or bought flying for 1/3rd the price.
:O Thats my kind of plane! But I would have to buy it built if I ever did cause i'm just not what I used to be with my hands. :cry
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:O Thats my kind of plane! But I would have to buy it built if I ever did cause i'm just not what I used to be with my hands. :cry
:rolleyes:
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I'd like to build an airplane someday.
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:O Thats my kind of plane! But I would have to buy it built if I ever did cause i'm just not what I used to be with my hands. :cry
Handjolina Jolie out of commission?
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What I meant is I'm not as crafty as I used to be. I used to love lego's, would spend days working on projects. But Since I turned 15 I've just lost it. Seems I can't do anything anymore
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What I meant is I'm not as crafty as I used to be. I used to love lego's, would spend days working on projects. But Since I turned 15 I've just lost it. Seems I can't do anything anymore
Getting old will do that to you :old:
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Getting old will do that to you :old:
Isn't that right :lol I'm still good with a joy stick though. :joystick: Not in a perverted sense.
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why have two when you can have 5?
http://www.controller.com/list/list.aspx?ETID=1&catid=10004&Manu=NORTH+AMERICAN&setype=1