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| Condition: | Used | Model Year: | 1979 |
| Make: | DiMascio P40 based on Bushby Midget Mustang |
Boyertown, Pennsylvania, United States
Vehicle description
This is an amazing little ~1/2 scale P40 based on Bushby"s Midget Mustang. My father finished building it and first flew it May 31 1982 - he flew it until 1998 for a total time on the plane of 650 hours. It is always in a hanger and when he decided he wanted to repaint it, he disassembled it and moved it to his barn. We stripped the cowling and both wings, unfortunately dad and I haven"t worked on it since 2013. There is no damage on the plane, it is simply disassembled for transportation and stripping paint - it is complete. It has a lycoming 0-290 engine with ~1200 hours since new and the Warnke almost constant speed prop is in perfect condition. This plane does an honest 253 mph at 10,000 ft altitude on a measured course, is fully aerobatic (+/- 9 Gs) has retractable gear, flaps and cabin heat. It has basic flight instruments, no radio and no navigation. It takes off in 400 ft, climbs at 1800ft/min cruises at 180 mph and will fly stably at less than 60 mph. Landing speed is ~80 mph. The wing span is 19 ft 6 inches, length is 16 ft 4 inches, height is 4 ft 6 inches, empty weight is 642 lbs and gross weight is 950 lbs. It has a 23 gallon fuel tank. It should take someone 2 or 3 months to finish stripping the fuselage, a couple months to paint it and another couple months to fit the puzzle pieces back together. The nuts, bolts and hardware is stored in the plastic bins and cups you see in the photos so you shouldn"t need to buy much. This is a great project for someone who likes to paint and wants a super performing single place airplane that looks really cool. I will work with you on timing to pick up the plane in Boyertown Pennsylvania, dad has a contract of sale for the farm where the plane is stored so spring is likely when it must be moved.