I want an F-82.

[Joe Sharp]

I have a P-51 Mighty Mini and a Master Series but this was only in preparation for what I really wanted. The F-82, so now I am building one.

 

[Joe Sharp]

I have a P-51 Mighty Mini and a Master Series but this was only in preparation for what I really wanted. The F-82, so now I am building one.

Progress.

 

[kilroy07]

What's better than a mustang?.... TWO!

Awesome start you have there! Keep us updated.

And welcome to the forums!

 

[Joe Sharp]

Update and Thank you. The wing is almost complete.

 

[quorneng]

Looks nice.
Just a small scale point but the F82 undercarriage retracted sideways from under the fuselage into the wing centre section. The outer wing did not need the P51s trade mark leading edge extensions.
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[Piotrsko]

What's better than a mustang?.... TWO!

P 82?

 

[quorneng]

The P82 was changed to F82 in 1948 to bring it into line with the aircraft type letters used by the USAF which had been formed in 1947.
Although the F82 was considered obsolete by then the appearance of the Russian TU4 (B29 copy) in 1948 reactivated the Twin Mustang as it was the only plane available with the range sufficient to intercept the TU4 well before it got anywhere near its target. An important consideration with the advent of nuclear weapons.

 

[Marzipan]

what a weird plane. what did the second pilot do while the other flew the aircraft?

 

[FlyerInStyle]

what a weird plane. what did the second pilot do while the other flew the aircraft?

navigate. or take shifts on long range flights. like twoseater planes everywhere else

 

[kilroy07]

Later there was a version with a radar in a huge pod, the scope pretty much filled the second cockpit and his controls were removed.

 

[Piotrsko]

I don't recall them using a second pilot much, too much possible cross control. Navs, bombardiers, gunners, radar ops yup, pilots not so often.

 

[Aviator936]

excellent! congrats...

 

[Joe Sharp]

Thanks guys, I have been making a bunch of progress. Just set the horizontal stabilizer in place now I guess I'll be looking at lining her up. Foam board isn't very scale but it is easy to work with.
My father worked for North American Aviation. Thats where I got the bug. He took us kids to see Jack Northrup's flying wing take off on it's way to be scraped in the early '50's and I've been looking at the sky ever since.

 

[Piotrsko]

Which northrup wing? He made a bunch and scrapped most of them. Perhaps the N9m?

You live near hawthorne and I think Northrup is now Tesla?

 

[Joe Sharp]

Sorry I don't know which wing it was but I was under the impression that it was the last one. Very big, lots of smoke and no props. B49?

 

[kilroy07]

Probably the YB-49?

 

[Joe Sharp]

Update, just a few little things left to do. Waiting for some parts she'll be complete.

 

[Baron VonHelton]

what a weird plane. what did the second pilot do while the other flew the aircraft?

Sing old Beatles tunes.

 

[Monte.C]

Update, just a few little things left to do. Waiting for some parts she'll be complete.

She cleans up nice!

 

[Brian B]

How about a build of this variant? I might have to do it one day. It may not be real, but darn it, if it looks right it will fly right!