Engineering:Bonsall DB-1 Mustang

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DB-1 Mustang
General information
TypeHomebuilt aircraft
National originEngland
Designer
Dave Bonsall
History
Introduction date1991

The Bonsall DB-1 Mustang is a single place, semi-scale P-51 Mustang replica homebuilt aircraft.[1]

Design and development

The Bonsall DB-1 Mustang was constructed over a 16-year span in England by designer Dave Bonsall. The completed aircraft was equipped with a Lycoming O-360 engine obtained from a Socata TB-10 Tobago. It is a single-seat, low-wing aircraft featuring retractable conventional landing gear.[2]

Specifications (DB-1 Mustang)

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Data from Sport Aviation

General characteristics

  • Crew: 1
  • Powerplant: 1 × Lycoming O-360 Horizontally opposed piston aircraft engine, 130 kW (180 hp)

See also

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration and era

References

  1. ↑ Ron Smith. British built aircraft. p. 168. 
  2. ↑ "ROLLICKING GOOD WROUGHTON!". Sport Aviation: 39. September 1991. 

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