S-51 Mustang

[MrSwamprat66]

stewart took the orgional 51 plans and shrunk them down to 75% scale so it is as close to the p51s as possible. war birds of america reconized it as a 51

[MrSwamprat66]

most of the s 51s have a 502 in them with a king air prop and a few had cutler fuel injectors. kinda want the weight of a cast engine. for looks the cut down exhaust headers have 2 dummy ports on each side to give it the v 12 look

[taradarlene13]

Id venture a guess this is an all aluminum big block, and alot of compression to generate 600 horses at 4500 rpm. Prop speed cut in half via a gear box.

[yamahar87]

what are the modifictions of the big block of chevy that allow's fly??? thanks to answer

[cobrachoppergirl]

Damn, makes me wish I hadn't tore up my 454 in my junkie old camaro. Bought it for $600, but had some oil leak or was eating oil (rings maybe), locked up the engine on a long trip. I would so tear it out of that camaro and put it in an airplane, but god, a 454 is a heavy heavy engine.... this guy must of turbocharged it or something.

[f82man]

Actually, you can get a Full Scale P-51D from Murdo Cameron and sons Aircraft. It would be an all composite air plane and would have an Allison V-12 in it. Check out his website, he has some great info there. Don

[barrycasebeer]

the grin on his face at :06 says it all.

[brettt777]

Okay so what does it cost to get into one of these if you started from scratch? And if you can get a 75% scale Mustang kit plane, can you get a full scale "kit" Mustang for less than the $1.5M+ that a real one costs?

[brettt777]

That thing sounds awesome! What does it have under the hood? Definitely sounds like an American V8.

[thedriver97]

@brettt777 I beleive it has a 454 Chevy big block.

[yamahar87]

@thedriver97 who modify the engine please can i help me or it hasn´t modifications??

[nothsim]

Read in kit plane that Stewart sold the rights to the A/C a long time ago. But the company went out o f business. No one knows who has the rites to the S-51. More info check back the issues if kit plane.

[3593893]

that shit is bad !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Art4Law]

Where can someone buy the plans to build a this machine?

anyone know?

[skippydeenice]

@Art4Law you got $1,500,000 laying around?

[skippydeenice]

@Art4Law for a real one i mean :)

[7GolfAlpha]

@Art4Law Stewart Aircraft went out of business a while ago. You might be able to find some unfinished kits for sale, but its quite rare to find them. Titan Aircraft of Ohio also makes a scaled mustang kits, but the performance and scale is quite different than the Stewarts. Out of all scaled mustang kit built aircraft, Titan aircraft have been the most successful and popular.

[CherokeeJohnny6]

Titan air sells these

[floydflys72f]

I see this baby wants to torque roll on the ground just like the original I love that Big Block sound awesome guys thanks for sharing!!!

[f82man]

@Twister051 It is an 85% F-82-F Twin Mustang.  Bill Koleno is building a 60% scale all aluminum version that was to be seen at the 2010 Osh Kosh flyin, but no one has seen it fly. Don

[vinamais]

Well, Jesus has got a V8 powered airplane!!! Amen!!!

[f82man]

I heard that Jim spent 20 years of his life woking to perfect what you see here. I feel people can appreciate what he did when they see it fly. As for engines, you're right agout the sound, thats why I am planning on using 2 of the Viper V-10s, or the Falconer V-12s, as they sound "closer" to the original. The sound of a replica is also something people listen for. Don

[Twister051]

@f82man - What are you building and what scale is it?

[rons321]

I spent some time working with Mr. Jim Stewart back in the late 90s on the proto type aircraft N51S. Jim and Peggy have been friends of mine for many years, and I hated to see the company sold and not continue to produce this great Warbird replica.

[flyingdude66]

Completely AWSOME !

[Twister051]

They sound GREAT on the ground taxiing but when you push up the power they sound like a danged race car. What I'd like to see is an 80% scale, all-metal Mustang that uses a V-12. Now THAT woud be cool!!!

[itsumonihon]

there is one already. it's called the thunder mustang.

[Twister051]

Actually, the Thunder is not 80% scale.  It's somewhere between 70-75% scale and it's most definitely not metal, it's fiberglass.

Still a gorgeous plane, though. It's V-12 sounds a lot nicer than the Stewart 51's V-8.

[mP51D]

Good Day, The Thunder Mustang is almost totally made of Carbon Fiber. Later.

[GMoralesRCflight]

That is pretty sweet.....more impressive than most home-builts out there !

[vtssdude]

That's awesome.

[3593893]

Damn Sweet is what this is.

[andgate2000]

As far as I know Gen3,4 chevs engines are perfect.... small, light(all alloy), fuel injected( so no mixture,carby heat settings to deal with), and are rated at 100% duty cycle!!!!.....to good to waste on cars!!!!!

[adventure002006]

Just does not get any better. I was reading sport aviation the other day that hightlighted a scaled down homebuild P51. Too amazing for words. Have been day dreaming eversince of home building this plane. I was also thinking a V 10 would make this plane sing

[pinwizz69]

Heard of Marcel Jurka ? Hes the Frenchman that started the scaled down WWII fighter movement in the 60s. He was a former Luftewaffe pilot who defected in 43 and settled in Paris as a aircraft enginner and started with a design called the Tempete, then the Sirroco which my dad Kenny Heit and I built then he desighned the 51Gnatsum and then the FW190. Both in 1/2 & 3/4 scale. He was one scary dude to fly with when your 12 years old ! I spent my summers at rockford tnen Oshkosh in the 60s and 70s

[pepsi71ocean]

oh, great video btw. I always have wanted to own a S-51 saving up the coinage, its about 225K now i think. The big thing is im currently designing a V-10 to replace that V-8 in there.

[f82man]

I'd like to hear more about your V-10 idea. Can you tell me more? Thanks Don

[pepsi71ocean]

The website means nothing, most guys who bought S-51's put in their own powerplants. The S-51 was designed for a Chevy V-8 between 454 and 573 CID. This particular model has a Big Block Chevy 502 in it. Hp wise not sure, but most liekly around 500hp. Its about 1CID to 1 HP

[FreakKeeper]

Heres their website... oh, if memory serves correct the engine it rated at just over 600HP.

speedcruiser period com

[thedavisgroup]

Lot bigger than the 5151

[freiherrudet]

Spruce Creek in Port Orange? Looks like it.

[Irvine5312x6ma]

What engine does it have??? How many horsepower??? Thanks in advance.

[blownglasslide]

The S-51 is designed for big-block American V8 engines, so I think that's what's running in this one. Sounds like it, anyway ;)

[ZaphodRight]

wow, the engine sounds amazing and it goes like anything. I can only dream for now :)

[x2mars]

nice aeroplane. that airport is somethin else!