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Bucking Mustang

Documented: P-51 Mustang can flip over if you mash on the throttle, but not due to engine torque.

Lots of people think this is due to the engine torque, but it's more a case of a plane that is hard enough to control at the best of times being badly out of trim.

References:

• Exerpts from pilot reports from Stallion-51.