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P-51D Mustang

Posted on April 16, 2010 by heather in P-51, Tech Specs

This P-51D, the model for our Gunfighter custom motorcycle, was the last version of the fighter that North American rolled off the production line before the end of World War II.
This blueprint, and many others, can be found over at www.the-blueprints.com, The largest free blueprint/3-view/4-view/5-view/template collection on the internet. (Yes, they even have motorcycles!)

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The Cockpit

Gunfighter Ep. 9: The Cockpit

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Posted on April 12, 2010 by heather in Featured Videos, Gunfighter, Videos, WarBikes

In order to make Gunfighter look like the sleek and sexy fighter aircraft she’s based on, Ralph and Kenny give this custom motorcycle an airworthy cockpit.
Delicate instruments tucked into the low, tight windshield make the rider feel like a pilot ready for takeoff.

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Prepping For Flight

The Mustang of the Skies

Posted on April 09, 2010 by heather in Gunfighter, Tech Specs, WarBikes

Since we’re just a few episodes away from the Gunfighter completion, I thought I’d toss some Gunfighter info up here for you.
Did you know:

The P-51 Mustang Fighter became the first single-engine airplanes to attack the Germans in their own homeland when they carried out strafing raids on Dortmund
On escort missions with bombers, the bullet spitting [...]

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April Fools R’ Us

Posted on April 05, 2010 by heather in Uncategorized

So April First came around last week…
And there may or may not have been a few pranks pulled around the garage and studio.
Someone may or may not have ‘misplaced’ the welding torch… turns out that blow-dryers do not work as well for welding metal together.
Someone may or may not have found googly eyes glued to [...]

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Manuals, Training and Takeoff

Posted on April 02, 2010 by heather in P-51, Tech Specs, WarBikes

From the Pilot Training Manual: Mustang P-51 that’s on file in the CAF Airpower Museum Library. They have shelves and racks of resources available, as well as a huge oral history collection. Pretty much anything you want to look up about aircraft from WWII is comfortably residing within this library. There are Flight Manuals from [...]

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