Dishonor????

Come on guys I flew Pattern in the 60's and 70's so I am familiar with these planes AND our old (new at that time) set-ups-----I would put in a four stroke in a heart beat-----!

In my eyes rather than "Dishonor" with a four stroke it would be an entire new lease on life and flying performance for any of these old Pattern aircraft designs to have the vertical ability without having to Split S (Esse if you prefer) into the box for slow rolls, figure M's, top hats etc..

Case in point-----Taurus-----designed for K&B .35 to (then big) .45. When you installed what today we call the small case ST.61 it flew much better! The last Taurus I flew had a Webra Blackhead .61 (by this time mufflers had come 'in'. If we had had the choice (and the rules to allow it) we would have put in 120 fourstrokes--we didn't.

If you want to create 'old' OK. But it's an antique!

If you want to recreate the exceptional (that is always a comparative) flying these A/C afforded all who had the inborn eye/hand coordination (no video games/computers to play with then so it HAD to be inborn) then give me todays equipment INCLUDING the four strokes.

If you really want to create the old power levels then going to a piped .46 will still be above the power levels virtually all of our .61's had at that time.

I guess 'BEEN THERE DONE THAT ---------- AT THAT TIME' is where I'm coming from. ----AND
no, I don't want to have to be 'nuts on' with my entry speed for the verticals and elongated rolling maneuvers or to have to truncate my verticals for the figure M because I didn't quite hit the entry speed right coming out of the 'Split'.

I have all the templates and plans for the original Taurus on hand and have been threatening to build one more for old times sake------I can assure you it will have four stroke power and retracts as will any of the now old Pattern designs built by yours truly.

Everyone has an opinion -----that is mine.