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Just off the cuff, it looks to me like an old Marks Models P-51 Mustang.
The company was bought by another company a very long time ago (Dynaflight), and some of these sport P-51's show up once in a while. I did a quick search and didn't come up with much (like I said, it was a long time ago), but I did find this that you can compare for reference: https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/show...ang-60-NIB-kit There were a couple other sport P-51's I recall that were offered "back then" (I date myself), but the MM ones were I think the most popular for a time. |
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If you look at the label in the link I posted, you'll see that it (the label) shows the dimensions and specs for both the Marks Models .40 size and .60 size models.
They show the .40 size model to have a wingspan of 51 inches so I'm guessing that's the one you have. I bought, built and flew the .60 size kit of this model and it flew great. It flew as easy as any size low wing trainer. I imagine that the .40 size you have will be a good flyer as well. |
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Clean it up and get it ready for later, but please, first go for something along the line of a Telemaster 40, Sig Kadet, or any similar and forgiving high wing trainer. You also NEED to find a nearby flying club that will most assuredly have some members who will be happy to help you learn to fly. Seriously, trust me on this. I know of too many people who became frustrated and quit the hobby after quickly destroying a plane they couldn't handle as beginners. http://www.hobbyexpress.com/telemast...36879_prd1.htm http://sigmfg.com/cgi-bin/dpsmart.ex...ftF.html?E+Sig (Click on "RC Kits" and then the sub category "Trainers") I'm not at all telling you what to do. I'm just making some recommendations based upon personal experience as well as observed experiences of others. |
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It is obviously a trainer due to its helpful recovery features, so it would work just fine.
There are a ton of trainer options out there, and this is one of them if it appeals to you. For my part, however (there's always a "however" ), I think you'd be immediately shopping for another radio once you earn your wings with this outfit. There are some REALLY great radios available today with features we only dreamed of 20 years ago, and they're not that expensive if you shop well. (The Taranis is one such radio, for example). What I'm saying is that once you learn to fly the basics, and if you get excited about the hobby like many of us, then you will be expanding your thinking about many things including wanting a radio with lots of customizable features. So if you love what you linked, you could look at it as a temporary acquisition used mainly to help you learn to fly, and then think of selling the entire outfit to another beginner to recover some of your money. Lastly, don't get too hung up on the recovery features of that aircraft. I would instead get you to get involved in a local RC flying club near you (join it) where you will get LOTS of help learning to fly from experienced pilots. With help like that, you really wouldn't need any recovery features, so you wouldn't be locked into a plane that has them. I'm trying to avoid saying too much because I would end up "telling you what to do" and I don't want to put myself in that position. I just want to nudge you along in a direction that I know will pay off for you as time goes on. |
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I understand I am not sure where I live had a group due to living out in country area we do have a Runway for them just no hobby stores to buy from or people really flying so would do it mainly solo. I am disabled and loved the boats and trucks always wanted a heli and a plane just never got the chance. Anything you say will help me get rdy for flight and know the ends and outs. I have seen some really awesome planes just hard to decide on which one.
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With what you describe you rural situation to be (with no RC flying help nearby), then the plane you linked could be a good option for you.
But just to let you know that you do have other options, read up on the Eagle Tree Guardian Flight Stabilizer. It is a device you install between your main receiver and the servos on the plane and which can serve as an "auto recovery" feature as well. Using the Eagle Tree product would mean that you could choose any airplane or radio and simple add an auto recovery capability to it. Here's the product: http://www.eagletreesystems.com/inde...&product_id=50 And here's a really, really long thread on RCG that covers pretty much everything about it: https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/show...-3D-Stabilizer The main point I make here is that you wouldn't have to choose among just the models that have auto recovery included, but that you could make any aircraft you like to behave that way. |
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It's only $75 a year to belong (less in some circumstances), and considering the insurance that comes with it, that's a pittance compared to what you will be spending every year if you really do become enthusiastic about the hobby. https://www.modelaircraft.org/joinrenew.aspx |
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That is true. 75 a year will be cheap. But of course paying the 7500 to get a real pilot's license will help with jargon also. I added you to list and I have alot of things needed to learn also about the warbird as some call it like the re wrapping looks like some is peeling on rudders
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Over time, all of the film coverings can loosen up and come undone. Moisture during storage, time, fuel residue... all sorts of things will contribute to loosening up and adhesion loss.
To see if you can save it, try re-heating the loose edges with a hobby iron first, and then use a hobby heat gun to shrink the loose areas. You may find that it will improve quite a bit. And yes, a full scale pilots license is something many of strive for, but it is expensive and more expensive to keep doing it. I got my ticket when I was in my 30's, but only for recreational reasons. After putting a few hundred hours in 150's, 172's and a few in a Mooney, I let it go. I still look up at airplane noises in the sky but have left it behind me. Funny thing, the RC model part of flying (and building) is still affordable and quite a kick for me. Many of us stay in the RC hobby for our lifetime. |
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