Mustang 51 Crazy Horse Slow Flight & Stall

Slowing a Mustang down into slow flight and then moving into a stall. What a thrill!

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Travel & Events

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• Mustang
• P-51
• Crazy
• Horse
• fighter

[FSX404]

At one point the instructor said "this plane is a little different than what you're used to", but ever since I started flying and doing stalls, years ago, every plane I've done it in, I never used the ailerons during the recovery. Very bad ide to do so, some funky pre-pin stuff happens. And the smaller the plane was, the worst the stall were.

Nice flight, where did you fly this plane, and how much was it?

[woodiediamond]

The aircraft is known as Crazy Horse, owned and operated by Stallion51 out of Florida. Don't know about price now, but when I flew her it was $3K for the hour flight, about 2 hour pre-flight ground and 1 hour debrief.

[wingsfan2520]

In the mustang during a stall... will one wing always drop before the other? Pardon my ignorance... I'm used to flying 172's where it stalls and you just add in power and pull back on the yoke.

[woodiediamond]

Any aircraft will drop a wing during a stall.  This simply indicates that one wing stalled before the other, usually because of entering a stall in an uncoordinated position. Heavy aircraft, such as the mustang, are more prone to loosing lift on one wing before the other.

[wingsfan2520]

That's what I figured. ... I tell ya... It's a blast watching these guys fly in and out of Kissimmee. I do my flight training there. Maybe you could answer another question for me... When they are cleared for a "Left Brake then cleared to land", why not slow down before you join the pattern? I'm expecting an answer of "Because it's more fun this way!" :-)

[woodiediamond]

I am no expert, all I can tell you is what I've been told and witnessed. It takes forever to slow the mustang down to pattern speed. When you perform a break, you bleed off a great deal of energy during the maneuver. So instead of dragging the airplane in for miles from the runway, the airplane comes in at a moderate speed and then bleeds off the excess speed with a firm G pull into downwind.

[ebuliavac]

Wingsfan2520, I hope you mean release back pressure (forward stick) and add power to recover from a stall. If you haul back without achieving flying speed, you'll get a wing drop alright, and might end up on your back. Be safe out there. Anyway, I flew this airplane too; video is on my channel - thank you again Elliot Cross!

[shortyman687]

Not all aircraft will drop a wing during the stall, most training aircraft will have pretty docile handling and stalling characteristics. Something like a Piper Warrior ar a Cessna 172 will recover well from a stall with full power and a little forward pressure on the yoke. as you said, the wing drop depends when the wings stall in relation to one another :)

[fbenenati]

Had the privilege of flying Crazy Horse 2 on August 10, 2006, in formation with my twin brother flying in Crazy Horse 1. I will never forget that flight. Kudos to John Posson, my flight instructor.

[carbine6]

Cavalier converted a bunch into two-seaters after the war.