Based on the P-51 Mustang, the F-82 (also known as P-82, both names are right) was originally designed as a long-range escort fighter in World War II; however, the war ended well before the first production units were operational. In the postwar era, Strategic Air Command used the planes as a long-range escort fighter. Radar-equipped F-82s were used extensively by the Air Defense Command as replacements for the Northrop P-61 Black Widow as all-weather day/night interceptors. During the Korean War, Japan-based F-82s were among the first USAF aircraft to operate over Korea. The first three North Korean aircraft destroyed by U.S. forces were shot down by F-82s, the first being a North-Korean Yak-11 downed over Gimpo Airfield by the USAF 68th Fighter Squadron.

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The model born from my P-51 D Mustang Replica, with same modification of original (longer fuselage, bigger tailfin, and other mods).

The engines are modded to 1600 hp each, like the real one. The props has inverted spin, in same way of original (in central section blades goes down)

The model flies well, for a replica.