Guttentag und willkommen to SwashBlade RC! Today I am writing a review on the P-51D Mustang. Now, if you have followed my blog in the past you well know that I had trouble flying it. Well today the weather let up just enough for me to fly and I flew it long enough to write a review.
Before I get in to the Parkzone model, first a little history on the P-51D Mustang. The North American P-51 Mustang actually started with the British, it served in the RAF as a fighter-bomber and later a bomber escort. The P-51 served in other European Air Forces and saw limited service in The Pacific War against the Japanese. The P-51 also saw service in the begining of the korean war but was later replaced by the F-86 Sabre. The P-51 saw service until the early 80's.
Parkzone's Ultra Micro version of the P-51D flew great. One thing I found inmpressive is that this tiny aircraft is in fact 4 channel! Unlike some larger planes which don't have a rudder. As I first may have had problems when I took it out to the flying field I had a blast. The thing you have to remeber about war birds is they like to go fast. The P-51 goes extremely fast, especially on low passes. I also performed a loop and a roll!
Overall, I fell like the Parkzone did an outstanding job on the P-51D. If you have problems on trim you have your digital trim and can switch spots on your control horn. I have been flying for about 7 months now but I have little expirence with war birds. One thing I recommend is go to the flying field where you have plenty of space to climb high.
As for the landing, I did alright, I rolled over acouple times. The important thing is "any landing you can walk away from is a good landing, but any landing where you can use the plane again is a great landing!"
Sorry, but no footage of me flying the Parkzone P-51 but enjoy this video of the P-51 in the Realflight Demo. I discovered it can hover after a couple of weeks of just messing around with the P-51. Enjoy!
(Some information from http://www.wikipedia.org/)
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