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The Stewart S-51D Mustang is an American aerobatic homebuilt aircraft that was designed by Jim Stewart and produced by Stewart 51 of Vero Beach, Florida, introduced in 1994. When it was available the aircraft was supplied as a kit for amateur construction.〔Purdy, Don: ''AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, Fifth Edition'', page 260. BAI Communications, 15 July 1998. ISBN 0-9636409-4-1〕 The S-51D is a 70% scale version of the World War II North American P-51D Mustang fighter aircraft.〔 ==Design and development== Designer Jim Stewart took a leave of absence from his employer, Pratt & Whitney in 1989 to work on the S-51D's tooling and design. The prototype took flight on 30 March 1994 and by late in June of the same year had completed its 40 hours of test flying.〔 The S-51D Mustang features a cantilever low-wing, a two-seats-in-tandem enclosed cockpit under a bubble canopy, retractable conventional landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration.〔 The aircraft is made from sheet aluminum. Its span wing mounts flaps and has a wing area of . The cabin width is . The acceptable power range is . The specified propeller is a diameter, constant speed four-bladed Hartzell Propeller unit, that is driven by a spur gear with a (2.13:1) reduction ratio.〔〔 The S-51D Mustang has a typical empty weight of and a gross weight of , giving a useful load of . With full fuel of the payload for the pilot, passenger and baggage is .〔 The standard day, sea level, no wind, take off with a engine is and the landing roll is .〔 The manufacturer estimated the construction time from the supplied standard kit as 2000 hours. A fast-build kit was also available.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Stewart S-51D Mustang」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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