Mustang Aeronautics Midget Mustang M-1
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The Midget Mustang is David Long's single-seat all-metal racer of 1948, sold as plans and kits by Robert Bushby and now Mustang Aeronautics: an 18 ft 6 in wing, 590 lb empty and 900 lb gross, with Jane's figures of 165 mph cruise, 225 mph maximum, 2,200 fpm and 375 miles on a 135 hp Lycoming O-290; the two-seat Mustang II grew from it.
A Midget Mustang is a fast, strong, small aeroplane for one person who already flies tailwheel aircraft well, because the short-coupled fuselage, 13 lb/sq ft wing loading and brisk approach leave little margin and there is no two-seat Midget to learn in. Seventy years of plans-building mean every example differs - engines from an 85 hp Continental to an O-320, metal work of every standard, some with tricycle or retractable gear - so the weight-and-balance, the rivet quality and the gear and wing-attach fittings are the purchase, not the type's figures. No stall figure was found here. The owner may maintain it and the condition inspection needs an A&P or the repairman certificate; Mustang Aeronautics still supplies plans and parts.
Variants of the Midget Mustang
- Midget Mustang M-1 · 1948 · 52 active · this page
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What it is
| Seats | 1 |
|---|---|
| Landing gear | tailwheel |
| Engines | — |
| Engine | Lycoming O-290-D2 (135 hp; 85-160 hp Continentals and Lycomings fitted) |
| Horsepower | 135 hp |
| Fuel | — |
| Certification basis | amateur-built |
| Production start | 1948 |
| Production end | — |
| Endorsements required | — |
Performance
| Cruise speed | 143 KTAS |
|---|---|
| Range | 326 nm |
| Service ceiling | 19,000 ft |
| Climb rate | 2,200 ft/min |
| Stall speed (Vso) | — |
| Takeoff over 50 ft | — |
| Landing over 50 ft | — |
Load and fuel
| Seats | 1 |
|---|---|
| Useful load | 310 lb |
| Full-fuel payload | — |
| Max takeoff weight | 900 lb |
| Empty weight | 590 lb |
| Usable fuel | — |
| Fuel burn at cruise | — |
Cost of ownership
| Price, low | — |
|---|---|
| Price, high | — |
| Prices as of | — |
| Engine TBO | — |
| Overhaul cost, low | — |
| Overhaul cost, high | — |
The fleet and its record
| Registered, all time | 116 |
|---|---|
| Active fleet | 52 |
| Median year built | 1984 |
| NTSB events, last 10 years | 0 |
| Fatal events, last 10 years | 0 |
| Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years | 0 · thin base (low)1 |
| Personal-flying events per 1,000 active | 0 · thin base (low)2 |
| Ownership transfers, last 24 months | 3 |
| Transfers per 100 active | 5.77 · thin base (low)3 |
| Airworthiness directives | 1 |
| Directives, last 5 years | 0 |
| Rate confidence | low |
- Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 52 active.
- Personal-flying events per 1,000 active: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 52 active.
- Transfers per 100 active: per 100 active aircraft · base 52 active.
Peer scores6
| Peer class | Fixed wing single-engine, piston, 1 engine, 1-2 seats |
|---|---|
| Accident record | —1 |
| Severity | —2 |
| Access | —3 |
| Support | 3.4 of 104 |
| Liquidity | 0.3 of 105 |
- Accident record: class median 36.69 · 319 models in class.
- Severity: class median 13.33.
- Access: class median 1,000.
- Support: class median 79.
- Liquidity: class median 19.91.
- Each of the five categories places the model within its peer class, from 0 (the worst of the class) to 10 (the best): a position among comparable models, not a grade. The overall score is the sum of the categories shown that are scored, out of 10 for each (50 when all five are); it is given only when at least 4 of the five are scored, and it can be set against another model's only when both are in the same peer class and scored on the same categories. When accident record and severity cannot be scored because the model has too few records, the other three give a partial score out of 30, labelled as such; it is never set against a full score.
Data as of: FAA registry Sep 28 · NTSB Oct 2 · ADs Oct 6 · scores Sep 30