Full size Printed Plans Scale 1:16 Control Line F 82 Twin Mustang good twin engine model

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Reproduced Vintage Plan From 1952

F 82 Twin Mustang

Been seeking a good twin engine model? Have you wanted to try your hand with a fighter? Well gather up the glue and sticks, brother here's a project to keep you busy for a while Difficult? Not too much Slab-side body wing a la "Fireball".

Full Size printed plan on a 64” x 24” Sheet

Two 3D illustrations on 11” x17” sheets

Six page article with building notes and photos

Scale 1:16

Control Line

Wingspan 39”

Twin .23 tp .32 engines

By S. CALHOUN SMITH

   Power was two glow-plugged O&R 23's swinging 9/6 Top Flite props (the 8lh inch job on cutaway is for exhibition scale). O&R 29's or K&B 29's or 32's can be used with minor modifications on the nose section. Fuel cut-oils can be rigged similar to type used in team racing.

   Air war demands for a long range fighter dictated the design of the North American F-82. Serving in the interim Air Force as an effective all weather fighter, the Twin Mustang has more recently shown its versatility as a fighter-bomber in the Korean war.

 fighter-bomber and escort fighter. Six 50 cal. guns are carried in the center section as standard armament. An eight-gun pod may be attached under the center section with rocket clusters and bombs carried under outer wing panels.

Another combination can utilize rocket clusters alone totaling 25 5-inch HV AR's, making it a formidable ground attack weapon. This combination can be varied with 1,OOO·;lb. bombs in place of rocket clusters. The all-weather fighter version utilizes a large radome pod hung under the center section with standard gun installation. Its ceiling is 45,000 ft., span 51ft. 3 in. length 38 ft. 3 in. The twin fuselages are almost identical except for the cockpits.

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