ORIGINAL: billberry189
The gentleman who bought the Taurus lives locally and I have been in contact with him several times since the swap meet trying to determine the best CG location since it was a swept wing long tailed version.
Bill
Bye now
A TAURUS WITH A SWEPT WING AND AN EVEN LONGER TAIL MOMENT IS VERY INTERESTING TO ME. I bet it would fly well; if I'd have known you had it, I would have like to talk to you about it.
Look at the picture. This Taurus version was built by a fellow names Howard Thombs who flew the contest circuit back then. I always admired this plane. He once did a Split S right into a landing seemingly without adjustments...very impressive to a 14 year old. I also like the simple, yet elegant paint scheme.
I've seen two of these, (different numbers), the other is part of Chuck Winter's 1963 through 1965 vintage pattern DVD which records the last three Detroit Invitations, and a tribute to Tom Brett, (see Tom Brett thread, and EKT). If you don't have Chuck's DVD, you are missing a treat; it shows most all the early greats in RC pattern, (they were all invited) actually flying their classic designs...I'll include a few pictures from the event in case you haven't seen them elsewhere.
Duane