Look what landed in my field

[Netherfield]

He put that down very gently, even the prop doesn't look that damaged.

Wouldn't fancy re-using it though. Possibly one or more of the blades are missing.

 

[ajcc]

So what happened? Kept undercarriage up and bellied it?

 

[Moors Lad]

Hope he`s in the RAC....

 

[harvey121]

Kept undercarriage up and bellied it?

As far as I can d see . I'm not far from
Shobdon air field

 

[Grouse]

Fantastic! And it’s from the US of A so it’s friendly and not a swastika bearing Stuka

 

[forblue]

Nice model, where did you get the action men they are worth a lot of bitcoin at moment...

 

[icanshootwell]

Wondered what all noise was about
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Go careful when you mow around it.

 

[GeorgeK]

Too enthusiastic with the bird scare rockets again?

 

[Lincs Lass]

Two blades gone of the prop ,,the air scoop under neath for the supercharger will be destroyed ,engine will be full of muck ,if the under carriage was down ,it wont be now .
Be interesting to know what engine they used for a replica ,,the originals were fitted with a Prat and whitney but they found it was underpowered and later models used the same merlin as the spitfire

 

[colhonk]

Wasn`t Lord Muck flying it was it?

 

[JeremyD]

 

[Bald Rick]

Pfft. The silage is more valuable this year than the plane.
I would be wanting compo bigly

 

[JeremyD]

Tuning my beast up other day, in process of fitting an fpv camera so can view flight as if seated in cockpit!

 

[Chopsy Varmint]

Two blades gone of the prop ,,the air scoop under neath for the supercharger will be destroyed ,engine will be full of muck ,if the under carriage was down ,it wont be now .
Be interesting to know what engine they used for a replica ,,the originals were fitted with a Prat and whitney but they found it was underpowered and later models used the same merlin as the spitfire

According to the build video it's a Suzuki H series V6 (183hp) presumably supplied by Titan who make the kit in the US.

 

[kmo]

Kept undercarriage up and bellied it?

As far as I can d see . I'm not far from
Shobdon air field

I think that one might be one of a of a pair.
Quite distinctive engine sound when they're flying around

 

[Lincs Lass]

According to the build video it's a Suzuki H series V6 (183hp) presumably supplied by Titan who make the kit in the US.

Thats the near the same size as my landcruiser ,its 178 and it sounds like a lancaster with the stainless steel exhaust

 

[DRC]

Had a similar thing in March 2017. Ended up with all the emergency services trying to get up a long rough farm lane to the field , only to find a sea king helicopter had landed on the wheat field and had taken the pilot to hospital , even though he did t want to go . Helicopter happened to be flying to Shawbury and had heard the mayday .
The salvage/ repair company enlisted me with Manitou and flatbed trailer to take it to the airfield for repair . Asked me not to be too hard on them , so I asked what they were charging per hour and it was £85, so I charged the same . They weren’t happy, but the insurance was paying it .

 

[JeremyD]

Nice Pitts!

 

[Goweresque]

Two blades gone of the prop ,,the air scoop under neath for the supercharger will be destroyed ,engine will be full of muck ,if the under carriage was down ,it wont be now .
Be interesting to know what engine they used for a replica ,,the originals were fitted with a Prat and whitney but they found it was underpowered and later models used the same merlin as the spitfire

Original P51 was powered by an Allison inline V12 engine, not a Pratt & Whitney, who made radial engines.

Allison V-1710 - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[TripleSix]

Interesting he put it down with the wheels up.

He must've had a full failure of hydraulics etc.