Advice needed for Seagull Mustang-P51

[swiftlancer]

Hi,

I recently bought the Seagull P51 and I'm currently building it.


http://www.seagullmodels.com/pic-oracover-big/04.htm

I noticed that the thrust angle for the engine mount is pretty straight with no offset at all. Besides, I noticed that the left wing is slightly heavier than the right wing.

For those who is familiar with this plane, may I ask is this part of the design or should I do modification on it. I'm afraid that it would crash on the first flight with a roll

Appreciate your valuable advice.

Thanks.

[fuse]

ace pilot wont crash one!!! dump in the most powerful engine and confirm fly

[swiftlancer]

ace pilot wont crash one!!! dump in the most powerful engine and confirm fly

Will see. Going to put the Saito 72 in it. Hope I would not be a laughing stock if it do a few rolls before it kisses the ground.

[Jephry]

Will see. Going to put the Saito 72 in it. Hope I would not be a laughing stock if it do a few rolls before it kisses the ground.

i set it up straight foward as in the manual.
my engine is a saito 100 on 14/8 prop
BTW i may WTS the plane... need the engine for other project

[Jephry]

Pix of my p51

[swiftlancer]

Hi Jephry,

Do you have any c.g. or balancing issue on the wing itself?

What is the flying characteristics of this plane? anything to watch out for?

Thanks!!

[Jephry]

the cg is on the landing gear line
flying character is fine except i fly it nose heavy and try land with 10% throttle
set expo and dual rates !

[swiftlancer]

Maidened my Mustang this morning at JW field. With the Saito-72, it felt tail heavy... but just need to do some trim adjustments to bring it back to neutral.

However, with the Saito-72, I felt that the plane is a bit under-powered. Don't know whether if it's an engine tuning problem.

May I ask who is using Saito-72 with Coolpower 20% heli fuel? How much turns you have on the high-end needle?? Fyi, I'm using 1.5 turns. Is it normal?

Appreciate all your advice.

Thanks.