Is 170-180 cm / 67-71 inch considered ''large'' in this context? No-larger than 67-71". Ed's Taurus was 70"


Yes to your second figures, I mean 2-meter, (78") or larger. When I talk about "large-scale", I mean something at least as large as the current 2-meter pattern planes or the size of our current FAI models. The Simla was originally 102", (8-1/2 feet or over 2-1/2 meters), later shortened to 96".

It was the first plane I know of to have plug-in wings and adjustable stab, (remember everyone else was holding their wings on with rubber bands back in 1965). Simla was a ground-breaking experimental aircraft way ahead of its time, (and the available engines).

Duane