Kermie Cam P-51D

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LZ-WIL
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Kermie Cam P-51D

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Hi,

Kermit Weeks started new episodes on his Kermie Cam channel for P-51D :wink:
Very interesting and useful stuff for Mustang lovers...

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzKFkYLHq3Q[/youtube]

part two just came out...

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iompxanAQgQ[/youtube]

and the last part of the series

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQyDaMtjhfc[/youtube]


Cheerz,
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Very cool. Thanks for sharing.
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I learned how to strain the Mustang,

That the jumpseat replaces the aft fuel tank,

Where the tail-radar antenna is located,

And I learned that you pull the hydraulic release valve to prevent inadvertent retraction of the landing gear.

Because the A2A Mustang is so realistic, everything else is pretty much 'regular operations.' :mrgreen:

Also, I retract my flap lever after engine start, while he does it before... I'm going to do it that way now 8)

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I had Kermie Cam videos playing in the background for several hours while working last night (it's hard to get anything productive done that way).

One thing I picked up on which I've never given much thought to is that he sets his trim tabs for takeoff as he's taxiing in after a flight. Obviously he checks/sets them before each flight but if you were to forget for some reason this seems like a pretty good practice to get into.

I also learned in one video with a copilot, as they were on final he mentioned to him that the lowest legal altitude he can fly over the interstate is 17 feet!

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I forgot to mention, my Mustang is also "based" at fantasy of flight. I park it in front of the main building, and do my run-up in the same location, facing the same direction, at the end of the same runway.

It was a strange experience watching Kermie do a lost the same thing.

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AviationAtWar wrote:
I also learned in one video with a copilot, as they were on final he mentioned to him that the lowest legal altitude he can fly over the interstate is 17 feet!
I loved his statement about the minimum altitude. I wrote it down so as not to forget it.
Kermit Weeks: "The legal FAA altitude over the interstate is 17 feet. Sometimes I make sure I do that in the P-51".
I suppose I would too :mrgreen:

I would like to see Kermit take some cues from Steve at Flight Chops and add a few more stationary cameras and some better audio capturing equipment. Oh well, they are still great videos and I did not know about the gear lockout system. Missed that in the manual I guess.

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