I designed the Midget Mustang because I heard one of the local clubs was racing .25-powered models and I dropped in to check out the activity. Interestingly enough, the two models that seemed to dominate the pits were two of my old designs kitted by House of Balsa: the T-6 Texan and P-51 Mustang. Flattered by the popularity of the designs, I started thinking, ”How about a .25 powered model of an actual Goodyear/Midget class racer? Maybe a Minnow, Shoestring, Rivets, or Midget Mustang? That’s it, a Midget Mustang!” I fondly remembered building a Monogram kit as a kid, converting it to control-line, and stuffing a Cox .020 in the nose. Never flew it though; too pretty, too much time invested, too few flying skills!
My files yielded a fairly good three-view and a lot of background on the full scale version (see sidebar), so off I went. The result you see here ended up being one of the most fun, start to finish, modeling exercises I’ve had in a while. The model ended up being right-sized, straightforward to build, and a lot of fun to fly. It also provided the airframe for the “E-Racer” version that I think shows great promise for
