The

MORRIS MUSTANG

Part 3
 

After a long break in my modelling I finally got the Mustang ready to fly.
The wing was glued to the fuselage, the elevators covered and all the hinges glued. Receiver, servos and battery were added, and after midnight the night before a fly-in it was ready to go.

It's wise to avoid maiden flights on fly-ins, but I didn't have any choice this time.
The Mustang flew nicely in the expert hands of Kenneth Johansson from Sala, Sweden.
I had to persuade him though, but after a thorough inspection of the model Kenneth guided the Mustang to a perfect take off, dialed in some up trim, tested it at low speed, and handed over the transmitter to me. The aileron throws are modest, resulting in nice, fastish rolls, the turns are very tight, and cranking the control surface throws up, and maybe mixing in some flaperon may turn the Mustang into a real handful.

For now these control throws are fine for me. I've had only a few flights on the Mustang, and its only bad habit seems to be some left roll on take off, no doubt due to the short wing.
When stalled at idle the left wing drops, but it's slow and easy.
Inverted flying as as it should, it seems to fly nearly in the same fashion as with the right side up.
The model is easy to build, light, perfect for an old .40, it flies as good as it looks... What more could you ask for?
Thanks for that web link, Gez!