Little Joe – Tower Hobbies 40″ P-51 Mustang

Little Joe is a Tower Hobbies P-51D Mustang. The plane is stock except for the prop, which is an APC 9×7.5 a Master Air Screw 10×6. This prop gives more thrust than the APC 9×7.5 I was previously running, and actually draws less amps (20 vs 22).

This is a great little plane. It flies fast or slow surprisingly well. I was expecting the plane to be more of a chore to handle than it is. It floats amazingly well for a low-wing warbird, although it doesn’t like sharp turns at low speed, which will tip stall you every time.

Read more about it on this thread on RC Groups.

I had to re-glue the motor mount together once (or twice) after a bad hand launch (or two), but the plane still flies great, right side up or upside down.

The plane uses a Spektrum AR6100 receiver.

I fly it with 1800, 2100 and 2200 mAh lipo batteries. The photo below shows the location of my battery, conveniently close to the Center of Gravity.Battery location

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