Members Gary Cohn Posted September 22, 2009 Members Share Posted September 22, 2009 I love those old planes. I would rather fly that one too. They are like old flying hot rods in the sky. Even a Russian La-7 or a P47 jug would be cool. I love the sound of a German BF-109. Current going price for an 'alright condition' p-51....... 1.3 million. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members syscrusher Posted September 22, 2009 Members Share Posted September 22, 2009 Current going price for an 'alright condition' p-51....... 1.3 million. Can get one of these for around 200,000 complete. It's at 70% scale though and using a GM LS6 motor. Would be total bad ass with a Merlin V12.http://www.legendaryaircraft.com/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 17 Tubes Posted September 22, 2009 Members Share Posted September 22, 2009 No, the big problem is that plane isn't this... It's cool though... I'll get there.... For the first time in my H-CAF life (a LONG time (longer than this join date)), I'm jealous. Truly. I knew Nancy flew...I remember the plane with the gruesome gristle stuck on it...but then you had to post (what I think is) a P-51. The pics are GREAT...CONGRATS. Gotta be one of the best feelings in the world...I bet you want to keep upping the ante, a sort of air G.A.S. P-51 is a great plane, but I've always been in love with this one (the WW II one, sorry best personal pic I have available): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Gary Cohn Posted September 23, 2009 Members Share Posted September 23, 2009 Can get one of these for around 200,000 complete. It's at 70% scale though and using a GM LS6 motor. Would be total bad ass with a Merlin V12. http://www.legendaryaircraft.com/index.html Yeah, A guy I know is building one. Cept he's using a race built IO-550. Gonna be ridiculous.Another guy has a 3/4 scale Mustang all in crates he's getting ready to build. All carbon fiber. He's also putting a race engine in, which is also going to be ridiculous.Not totally cnvinced on a GM engine, lots of people using car engines in homebuilts end up smoking holes in the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Gary Cohn Posted September 23, 2009 Members Share Posted September 23, 2009 The pics are GREAT...CONGRATS. Gotta be one of the best feelings in the world...I bet you want to keep upping the ante, a sort of air G.A.S. Air GAS is the worst gas ever, especially when you decide it's time you wanna buy a plane. {censored}'s so expensive. Buying a plane that goes The planes that are worth buying (and flying for x/c use) sit at about 120 g's. Then every rating, that's expensive too.PPL-ASEL- 7-9,000IFR- 6-7,000 (including the required x/c)PPL-AMELASESAMESComplex/High performanceCOMAGICFICFII MEIMEIIATPSo many options and ways to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members syscrusher Posted September 23, 2009 Members Share Posted September 23, 2009 For the first time in my H-CAF life (a LONG time (longer than this join date)), I'm jealous. Truly. I knew Nancy flew...I remember the plane with the gruesome gristle stuck on it...but then you had to post (what I think is) a P-51. The pics are GREAT...CONGRATS. Gotta be one of the best feelings in the world...I bet you want to keep upping the ante, a sort of air G.A.S. P-51 is a great plane, but I've always been in love with this one (the WW II one, sorry best personal pic I have available): Looks like a F-4 corsair. Another bad ass plane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MattACaster Posted September 23, 2009 Author Members Share Posted September 23, 2009 There is a place not to far from me that has these for sale... I need to win the Lotto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members syscrusher Posted September 23, 2009 Members Share Posted September 23, 2009 Yeah, A guy I know is building one. Cept he's using a race built IO-550. Gonna be ridiculous.Another guy has a 3/4 scale Mustang all in crates he's getting ready to build. All carbon fiber. He's also putting a race engine in, which is also going to be ridiculous.Not totally cnvinced on a GM engine, lots of people using car engines in homebuilts end up smoking holes in the ground. We had one guy in town with one that did just that. They must stall from negative G's or something. Unless their not using fuel injection? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Gary Cohn Posted September 23, 2009 Members Share Posted September 23, 2009 Engines aren't designed for the use of an airplane. To go from idle to redline over and over and over. To have the engine shockcooled over and over and over and then the fact that the engine is ran at weird rpms. Car engines almost always end up scattering when put in airplanes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members syscrusher Posted September 23, 2009 Members Share Posted September 23, 2009 Engines aren't designed for the use of an airplane. To go from idle to redline over and over and over. To have the engine shockcooled over and over and over and then the fact that the engine is ran at weird rpms. Car engines almost always end up scattering when put in airplanes. I have no need to worry about it. The FAA would never grant me a license to fly, I would end up breaking every law there was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Staredge Posted September 23, 2009 Members Share Posted September 23, 2009 I want one of these:or one of these:I have a whopping 3.5 hours of logged instruction, although I have quite a few more flying in light aircraft. Would love to get my license someday, although I don't really know why. Wpuld like to get back into Civil Air Patrol. Was a cadet way back when. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Reverend179 Posted September 23, 2009 Members Share Posted September 23, 2009 I've got around 600 or so hours logged into a Cessna Skyhawk II. My grandpa started me flying when I was old enough to climb into the airplane. I miss him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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