Originally Posted by
RC YEAGER
Boy! when it comes to pattern plane designs, I thought I already knew them all; and then all this talk about the Zeus comes about. What the heck is a Zeus? Anybody has a photo?
Hi,
I believe it is this plane that Toni Bonetti was on front cover with in Model Airplane News Feb 1966 that is based on the Zeus fuselage (don't say what Mk nr). It is mentioned on page 2 in the article about the Zeus fuselage.
http://www.jitterbuzz.com/MAN_1966_02.HTML
"After building serveral balsa fuselages, I was tired of all carving, sanding, silking and doping, and started looking for a way out.
Bev Smith, the Hobbypoxy man, showed me a Zeus fiberglass fuselage made and sold by Dwight Hartman.
In addition to saving a lot of time and labor, its lightweight, clean lines, fine workmanship, and reasonable price where exactly what I wanted.
Originally developed for the Taurus, the "Zeus" fuselage provides zero-zero incidence settings, it has a long tail moment, and to counteract the inherent tail heaviness of fiberglass fuselage,it has a lengthened nose."
There is a photo of the Zeus Mk III here (Mk I maybe someone has a photo of?):
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1525822
Some info here also:
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/gold...eus-plans.html
/Bo