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Conversion to civilian configured Mustang:
Armor plate behind seat = 300 lbs
Fuselage fuel tank= 90 lbs
Radio=40 lbs
6 x .50 cal. with hardware=600 lbs
Gunsight with hardware=40lbs
2 x Drop tanks-empty=250lbs
These are 'guesstimates'......
VL

"MLenoch" wrote in message
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Conversion to civilian configured Mustang:
Armor plate behind seat = 300 lbs
Fuselage fuel tank= 90 lbs
Radio=40 lbs
6 x .50 cal. with hardware=600 lbs
Gunsight with hardware=40lbs
2 x Drop tanks-empty=250lbs
These are 'guesstimates'......
VL

This would put Moonbeam at about 8K?
Dud

This would put Moonbeam at about 8K?

I'll get back to you on that. I can't remember.........)*&*&%&%&
VL

MLenoch

The radio was a 4 channel VHF set, SCR-522, that sat on top just
behind the armor plate and inside the canopy.

The gun sight was the K-14 (semi computing). Did it weight 40 lbs??? I
didn't like it for high angle shots as the sight would move back and
forth with the variation in G's.Impossible to keep on target. Also
with high G's the sight would end up pointing at nose of bird and the
nose would cover up the target so you couldn't fire with any
probability of hits You either had to get to a lower angle off or
pull less G's which meant you were off target. Since most kills were
at 20 degrees or less off the stern, the high angle problems didn't
hurt much if any. I know a number who locked the gyro and flew with a
fixed sight and did ok because they were outstanding pilots.

I didn't think you would carry drop tanks in the acro mode? Did you
pull the racks off the wings and the 'zero length' rocket launchers?
Not a lot of weight but some drag.

I make about 3 hours fuel cross country with no drop tanks and
fuselage tank out. I can remember getting fuel flow back to about 55
gph at long range econ cruise. Of course air show you were probably
burning 90 gph?

Fly safe.

BJ


On 11 Mar 2004 14:08:06 GMT, (MLenoch) wrote:

Conversion to civilian configured Mustang:
Armor plate behind seat = 300 lbs
Fuselage fuel tank= 90 lbs
Radio=40 lbs
6 x .50 cal. with hardware=600 lbs
Gunsight with hardware=40lbs
2 x Drop tanks-empty=250lbs
These are 'guesstimates'......
VL

The gun sight was the K-14 (semi computing). Did it weight 40 lbs???

For the civie conversion, removing the gunsight also involved taking out the
wiring, gunsight bracket, gunsight controller, and power converter. All these
items might be around 40lbs.

Also
with high G's the sight would end up pointing at nose of bird and the
nose would cover up the target so you couldn't fire with any
probability of hits

Yes, very much a problem. I always wondered what was done in the field for
this. Going fixed sight is certainly a solution. Thx.

I didn't think you would carry drop tanks in the acro mode? Did you
pull the racks off the wings and the 'zero length' rocket launchers?

No tanks during Akro, but many folks leave their racks on for the more military
looking restoration. I hate flying with the tanks on, the a/c is so laterally
unstable (dutchroll airsickness *^&$^%$).


VL