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Title: Giant P-51 Mustang destroyed on take off Post by: DominicM on May 20, 2019, 07:33:46 PM A very expensive electric conversion destroyed within seconds of take off. Even the most experienced pilots make small mistakes which can have disastrous consequences.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ezdd4GlTAec Title: Re: Giant P-51 Mustang destroyed on take off Post by: sanjayrai55 on May 21, 2019, 06:22:27 AM Sad.
What was the post mortem, Dominic? A tip-stall? Title: Re: Giant P-51 Mustang destroyed on take off Post by: DubiousPilot on May 22, 2019, 10:19:34 AM Jaw-dropping.
You should also have included the close-up recording of the crashed plane (or in this case, debris) Title: Re: Giant P-51 Mustang destroyed on take off Post by: DominicM on May 26, 2019, 08:15:09 PM Tip stall definitely but as to cause...pilot did say afterwards was entirely his fault. Climb out too steep but I wouldn't be surprised if the battery packs shifted after take off and altered the CG drastically. The range for CG on these warbirds is quite fine so it could move 1-2cm with disasterous effects. Sad to see it happen.
Title: Re: Giant P-51 Mustang destroyed on take off Post by: DominicM on May 26, 2019, 08:16:44 PM Jaw-dropping. You should also have included the close-up recording of the crashed plane (or in this case, debris) Yeah, you say that as if it's easy for a videographer to do that. Filming the crash is one thing but me walking over and pointing my camera at the debris while the owner\pilot is quite obviously not too happy and cleaning it all up would not be a great idea. I try to be sensitive about these things. |