CARF Models P51 Maiden Flight, flown by Dean Grobbelaar. (4K)

[@schalkvs]

Great video Dirk.. Solid flying in those conditions Dean!! Enjoy Arno!

[@emanuelmota7217]

Gorgeous P51.

[@MultiMaitre]

Great video and good flight! Very nice model. Thumbs up!

[@HAWAII-uh7sc]

Hat off bradda beautiful, beautiful, beautiful Aloha, brother.

[@bastig.8757]

Difficult conditions for a maiden flight with the wind. Well done! Nevertheless, I would always use the flaps fully and prefer to go around on the first approach. Very nice Mustang!

[@dirkvanderbank7019]

Hi, the wind was at 36km/h and that is why Dean did not land with full flaps. Also the motor is still very rich. After landing, Arno saw that the fuel level was very low. He might not have been able to do another circuit. The next flight should be much better. I will do my best to be there to make a new video. Regards, Dirk

[@kirkwheeler5442]

Very nice. I'm building the same plane with a Kolm 150. Alot of changes required to get the Kolm all set up but should be all worth it in the end. Congrats on the maiden

[@MiguelP-yw4rd]

Landing without flaps? 😮

[@markhardy6738]

Very good.

[@mirekslechta7161]

Why did not he use landing flaps to slow that airplane for landing? Very nice aircraft.

[@ericruggles4631]

Looked to me that it could be just a little tail heavy. The way it pitched on landing.

[@samiammounah553]

Great looking ship , a friend of mine built the exact version and I was wondering g where you’ve obtained the model stand from ..thanks

[@dirkvanderbank7019]

It was made by a friends father. Fold up stand. Very nicely done indeed.

[@billbrundle5071]

Lucky on the landing that he didn’t stall and snap it in At least takeoff flaps should be used with a windy condition

[@ohiorc5586]

awesome plane please do not crash it haha

[@scotabot7826]

Shame that the side of the cowl has to be cut open like that for that darn muffler. Pretty Stang! He did the "Europe take-off position", so this has to be overseas. LOL.....

[@dirkvanderbank7019]

Hi, it is near Pretoria in South Africa.

[@arnozwarts849]

Hi Scot, CARF recommend the DA85 for the P51. In South Africa we battle with overheating on the inline twins and Kolm engines. Pitty the cowl had to be cut but at least the bird has a reliable engine. Modification to the muffler can be done at a later stage and cowl closed up again. Still a lot to be done to this model. Very pretty model otherwise. Glad you like it.

[@saybya]

Why do these people that buy these super impressive and expensive models refuse to use flaps and land them like ass?

[@dirkvanderbank7019]

Please remember it was a first time flying this plane. You do not always have the best landing on a maiden flight. And Dean have not flown a P51 of this size before. Thanks.

[@saybya]

@ …so use flaps. It makes the first flight easier. I wouldn’t be bringing it up if it wasn’t a common mistake.

[@billpope2111]

You got it down in one piece good job.

[@martinfehlberg7299]

Schade nur vollgas hätte man ja mal einen landeanflug nit klappen testen können . Alles Spezialisten 😮

[@mr.y1965]

Schlechter Pilot und sehr unsicher. Auch mit einem Scale Flieger ein leichte Kunstflug sollte drinnen sein und der Mustang ist dafür mehr als geeignet.

[@dirkvanderbank7019]

The field was chosen because it is big and open. Nobody was in danger at any time. Dean is actually a very good pilot. He flies a Jet at a speed of 450km/h and not many pilots can do that.

[@arnozwarts849]

Maiden flight, 38 Deg C, wind started gusting and was very strong. Engine did not have enough power for aerobatics as it is still being run in and fuel mixture was on factory setting and very rich. Adjustments were made to setup of aircraft and carburetor after this flight. The next flight will certainly be better and hopefully conditions will also be favorable. Hope this explanation will change your view on the performance of the aircraft and pilot.

[@schalkvs]

Please do not comment if you do not know the full details. Dean is a top class pilot. If you do not have anything positive to add rather just say nothing!