New Piston Driven Aircraft Speed Record Accomplished

[bergmen]

Steve Hinton (Known as Steve-O, the son of Steve Hinton Sr.) set a new piston powered aircraft speed record on September 2. Here is the link with several videos (including a time-lapse of the left cylinder bank reassembly):

https://www.facebook.com/PursuitAvi...Osz2XL9MsEPCDoQEnZDVkgi8Id6gqFqa4c1s&fref=nf#

Have your speakers on and volume up for the fly-bys, it will stand the hair up on the back of your neck.

Dan

 

[TheRobSJ]

Just to be clear. This is not the same Steve-O of Jackass fame. A man who has a giant tattoo of himself saying "yeah dude" on his back and once did a stunt of stapling his balls to his leg.

 

[boney]

Steve Hinton (Known as Steve-O, the son of Steve Hinton Sr.) set a new piston powered aircraft speed record on September 2. Here is the link with several videos (including a time-lapse of the left cylinder bank reassembly):

https://www.facebook.com/PursuitAvi...Osz2XL9MsEPCDoQEnZDVkgi8Id6gqFqa4c1s&fref=nf#

Have your speakers on and volume up for the fly-bys, it will stand the hair up on the back of your neck.

Dan

Awesome!

 

[bergmen]

Just to be clear. This is not the same Steve-O of Jackass fame. A man who has a giant tattoo of himself saying "yeah dude" on his back and once did a stunt of stapling his balls to his leg.

Steve Hinton Jr. Reno Air Race pilot and winner of several Unlimited Gold Races.

Dan

 

[Lex Talionis]

Amazing how good that 1940 airframe design is.

Lex

 

[Climber]

Cool time-lapse of them rebuilding the 12 cylinder engine, further down in the page!

 

[bergmen]

Amazing how good that 1940 airframe design is.

Lex

The youngest P-51D in existence is 71 years old. That, in and of itself, is just freakin' mind blowing to me.

What other technology (any technology) of that era is worthy of realistic consideration in this day and age?

Reading about the design, flight testing and manufacturing of the North American P-51 Mustang is utterly amazing to me. And this is only one of the several hundred thousand aircraft built between 1940 and 1945.

Dan

 

[2strokeYardSale]

The youngest P-51D in existence is 71 years old. That, in and of itself, is just freakin' mind blowing to me.

Aren't they largely built from blueprints?

This thing even has a new wing design.

 

[TheRobSJ]

The youngest P-51D in existence is 71 years old. That, in and of itself, is just freakin' mind blowing to me.

What other technology (any technology) of that era is worthy of realistic consideration in this day and age?

That is amazing. Still a fantastic looking plane even today.

A lot of very relevant tech came from that era. From cellular networks to heating up a TV dinner...I believe microwave got pioneered right around then.

 

[Abacinator]

That is amazing. Still a fantastic looking plane even today.

A lot of very relevant tech came from that era. From cellular networks to heating up a TV dinner...I believe microwave got pioneered right around then.

Don't forget radar!

Edit: My mother's uncle played a big part in the study of radio wave propagation and radar during WWII which led to the development of many different technologies!

 

[bergmen]

Aren't they largely built from blueprints?

This thing even has a new wing design.

Very much hand built. Manual lofting of the airfoil shapes. It took an amazing amount of talent to move this design into a mass produced aircraft. More than 10,000 P-51s built between 1940 and 1945. The "D" model went operational in the spring of 1944. Lots of good books on the subject, riveting (in more ways than one).

Stunning.

Dan

 

[ratsblast]

Wow that is awesome, what a build.

 

[boney]

Aren't they largely built from blueprints?

This thing even has a new wing design.

It's not likely that plane resembles much of the original in any way but the very basics; shape, engine type, name.

 

[msethhunter]

Amazing how good that 1940 airframe design is.

Lex

There isn't much 1940's left about it. Still pretty awesome though.

 

[msethhunter]

Aren't they largely built from blueprints?

This thing even has a new wing design.

No. They are highly modified legit P51's.

 

[Lex Talionis]

Amazing how good that 1940 airframe design is.

Lex

There isn't much 1940's left about it. Still pretty awesome though.

No. They are highly modified legit P51's.

"highly modified legit" confirms my statement that the original airframe design was very good.

Lex