Turbine P-51???

[GRNDP51]

Does anybody know of a turbine plane that looks exactly like a P-51??? Same size as one, same shape, the only thing that made me think it was customized was that you could see the wheels underneath the plane unlike the P-51 where the wheels are hidden...

[JET1]

piper enforcer

built as a COIN experiment but never really developed

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piper_PA-48_Enforcer

[Stevo]

Re: Turbine P-51???

There's also THIS.

[Apteryx]

Re: Turbine P-51???

There's a turbine powered Thunder Mustang as well...
EXAMPLE

...and turbine Legends (which look close)

[Race5]

Re: Turbine P-51???

There's also THIS.

The canopy on that thing is just plain FUGLY.

[Race5]

Re: Turbine P-51???

There's a turbine powered Thunder Mustang as well...
EXAMPLE

...and turbine Legends (which look close)

I wonder what the performance numbers are on that thing compared to a Falconer powered bird? It would be cool to cut the scoop off of it and go all the way with a "Thunder Enforcer" look.

[Apteryx]

Re: Turbine P-51???

The canopy on that thing is just plain FUGLY.

And it TILTS to open, which is just plane wrong

[kiwiracefan]

Re: Turbine P-51???

I wonder what the performance numbers are on that thing compared to a Falconer powered bird? It would be cool to cut the scoop off of it and go all the way with a "Thunder Enforcer" look.

hmmmm a mini enforcer.. that would be awesome... tip tanks.. pylons..... no scoop

[Randy Haskin]

Re: Turbine P-51???

Another vote that the "Grand-51" is the aircraft you're wondering about...which is coincidental considering your login name on the board.

[Stevo]

Re: Turbine P-51???

All of this brings up something else... a while back there was some talk that Murdo Cameron was working on an all composite P-51 replica that he planned on racing at Reno (it's still on the website too), has anything else been released about this endeavor?

[JET1]

now we need a turbine unlimited class

....at Reno. its a logical progression in racing!

[GRNDP51]

Re: Turbine P-51???

We saw one fly over so it was probably the Grand P-51. It was the same size as a regular P-51. The only thing is like I said is that I could see the wheels and tires when they were retracted. Do you understand what I mean?

[smokeyjoe]

Re: Turbine P-51???

Ya We Understand !! more then you think we do !!

[GRNDP51]

Re: Turbine P-51???

Hey smokeyjoe, I thought this was a friendly site to learn and share about airplanes. You don't need to be rude like that.

[Apteryx]

Re: Turbine P-51???

Where did you see the airplane, airshow, solo ???