Английская Википедия:Historical P-51 Mustang

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The Historical P-51 Mustang is an American homebuilt aircraft that was designed and produced by the Historical Aircraft Corporation of Nucla, Colorado. The aircraft is a 62.5% scale replica of the original North American P-51 Mustang and when it was available was supplied as a kit for amateur construction.[1]

Design and development

The aircraft features a cantilever low-wing, a single-seat enclosed cockpit under a bubble canopy, retractable conventional landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration.[1]

The aircraft is made from welded steel tubing covered in a shell of polyurethane foam and fiberglass. Its Шаблон:Convert span wing, mounts flaps and has a wing area of Шаблон:Convert. The cockpit width is Шаблон:Convert. The standard engine used is the Шаблон:Convert Ford Motor Company V-6 automotive conversion powerplant.[1]

The aircraft has a typical empty weight of Шаблон:Convert and a gross weight of Шаблон:Convert, giving a useful load of Шаблон:Convert. With full fuel of Шаблон:Convert the payload for pilot and baggage is Шаблон:Convert.[1]

The aircraft has fairly lengthy runway requirements with a standard day sea level take-off distance of Шаблон:Convert and a landing distance of Шаблон:Convert.[1]

The kit included prefabricated assemblies, the engine and scale fixed pitch propeller, instruments and avionics. The manufacturer estimated the construction time from the supplied kit as 2000 hours.[1]

Specifications (P-51)

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References

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  1. 1,0 1,1 1,2 1,3 1,4 1,5 Purdy, Don: AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, Fifth Edition, page 177. BAI Communications, 15 July 1998. Шаблон:ISBN