Thunder Mustang

[CDogg]

Anyone have any building experience yet, or flown one? I am planning to purchase a kit here in a year or two and am starting to gather all the info I can, thanks!

Edit: Been to their website, aware of the kit builders, browsed the net for some basic info etc etc, just trying to get on hands experience opinions and thoughts.

 

[jbDC9]

Now this isn't exactly first hand info on the Thunder Mustang, I'm working on an RV-8 myself... but last year I flew with a captain that was building a Mustang. Make sure you have lots of time and lots of cash! It's a very expensive project; he had around $75,000 or so just in the Falconer V-12 engine. That's more than my entire RV will cost... I recall he said the grand total will be somewhere around $5-600K. Ouch!

He had a bunch of photos to look through, and after seeing them, one word comes to mind. Complex. Not just the glass/carbon fiber work, but the systems; the landing gear for example... hydraulic lines everywhere, actuators, sequencing valves, etc. Then there's the cooling system, radiator, adjustable cooling doors... too much for my tiny RV brain.

Good luck!