The Taurus Pusher generated a great deal of interest back in 2009 when we first were talking about it. Those of us who really were deeply involved with this thread back then eventually noticed that the wing seems (and probably is), IDENTICAL to the Taurus II wing. Ed apparently took the T2 wing which was from Ed’s most advanced (and final)Taurus, [which I still have], and used it for the Taurus Pusher. That’s why I was able to give Guido Patroncini, (creator of the 2015 replica of Tom Brett's swept wing TBX-1 featured in the November 2016 issue of Model Aviation), exact specs on the wing when he contacted me only a couple months ago. Guido has since proven once more that he is a master builder, and has the gift of being able to make excellent educated engineering choices while recreating famous “one-of-a-kind” planes when very little hard data is available. In this case, only four pictures of the pusher, (two of Les Fruh's pusher), were available.
Comments from Guido about is new miodel:
The maiden flight was very successful. It flies very well
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The design was simple: Ed mentioned that it was very sensitive on the elevator, therefore I decided to take the length of the fuse of the original Taurus. The stab was chosen as the original. Now I assumed a certain wing position and calculated the CG location. Then I put the weights of the important components on a sheet of wood in order to find a balance (motor in the back Battery and ESC in Front) The balance point I put in the area of the CG and fine-tuned it. I tried to avoid additional weight. This defined the length of the nose and the rear part. It came out pretty well. Maybe I have to put in very little weight in the nose, I received the def motor only today and will balance it tomorrow. The CG calculation was done with 2 different programs, the results came out more or less identical. The total weight of the plane will be slightly less than 2.5 kg (5.5Pounds) which is light for a ship with 5S and 5000mAh.I keep you posted when the first flight has happened. Guido
Duane
A very interesting story.Guido is indeed a master builder !!!
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